RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak says the state is exploring options for weapons-grade plutonium that the federal government secretly shipped to a site north of Las Vegas.
Nevada had been asking a court to block the planned shipments and doubled down on that request Wednesday after the government revealed that it had already sent some of the radioactive material months ago.
Sisolak said at a news conference in Carson City late Wednesday that the state is pursuing "any and all legal remedies," including contempt of court orders against the federal government and anyone else involved.
He described the months-long negotiations with energy department officials over the plutonium shipped from South Carolina as a "total sham" and says they put Nevada residents at risk.
The Energy Department says the timing and the route the plutonium took to Nevada is classified information.