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FILE - In this May 11, 2015 file photo, nuclear waste is stored in underground containers at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Federal officials say testing of a small-scale version of a key component of this eastern Idaho radioactive waste treatment facility that has so far failed to operate is making progress at finding a solution. The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday, June 28, 2017, that results from testing at Hazen Research near Denver, Colo., will be used during planned tests at the Idaho facility later this year. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster is brought to the Port Of Los Angeles Wednesday, June 28, 2017 after launching 10 Iridium satellites into orbit Sunday. The booster landed on a SpaceX drone ship off the coast of Mexico. (Daily Breeze/SCNG/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster is brought to the Port Of Los Angeles Wednesday, June 28, 2017 after launching 10 Iridium satellites into orbit Sunday. The booster landed on a SpaceX drone ship off the coast of Mexico. (Daily Breeze/SCNG/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo, University of Minnesota scientist Christine Salomon checks fungus samples in the Soudan mine, in Soudan, Minn. Salomon is one of dozens of researchers across the country looking for a way to stop white nose syndrome, a fungal disease decimating bat populations. Salomon is testing bacteria which might inhibit the growth of the fungus causing the disease. (Dan Gunderson/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo, University of Minnesota scientist Christine Salomon checks fungus samples in the Soudan mine, in Soudan, Minn. Salomon is one of dozens of researchers across the country looking for a way to stop white nose syndrome, a fungal disease decimating bat populations. Salomon is testing bacteria which might inhibit the growth of the fungus causing the disease. (Dan Gunderson/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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Strong winds Wednesday night June 28, 2017, brought a tree crashing down onto play equipment in Ottumwa Park in Ottumwa. Several tornadoes were reported in the region. (Matt Milner/The Ottumwa Courier via AP)
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In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, Dee Ossian stands next to her tornado-damaged home Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Farragut, Iowa. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
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Robert Raines is attended to by medical personnel after being run over in a Walmart parking lot in North Carolina, June 28, 2017. He is charged with felony breaking and entering, larceny and misdemeanor damage to property. (WLOS-13 ABC North Carolina screenshot)
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In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, Mike Carlin, who has worked at the Oscar Mayer plant for 23 years, talks about the plant closure after finishing up his shift at the Kraft Oscar Mayer headquarters and plant in Madison, Wis. The last cold cuts are rolling off the line at Oscar Mayer in Madison, ending nearly 100 years of production at the plant on Thursday. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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In this June 28, 2017 photo, Ben Bryant poses for a photo near Shepherd, Mich. He said he has lost some of the soybean plants growing in his fields due to flooding from last week's torrential rains. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP)
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In this June 28, 2017 photo, Ben Bryant poses for a photo near Shepherd, Mich. He said he has lost some of the soybean plants growing in his fields due to flooding from last week's torrential rains. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP)
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Three young men walk on a wall in front of bins overflowing with garbage at the Faliron coastal zone near Athens, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Greece's municipal garbage collectors are on 13-day protest that has left mounds of festering refuse piled up across Athens amid high summer temperatures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A woman rides a bike in front of a pile of garbage in Athens, on Thursday, June 29, 2017. A strike by garbage collectors, which has lasted nearly two weeks, has left towering mounds of garbage on city streets at a time when the summer's first heatwave sent temperatures soaring. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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A woman walks next a pile of trash as a sign on the wall reads in Greek "No garbage" in the Kaminia neighborhood of Piraeus, near Athens, Thursday June 29, 2017. Greece's municipal garbage collectors are on a 14-day protest that has left mounds of festering refuse piled up across Athens amid high summer temperatures.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Protesters chant slogans during a rally outside the parliament in Athens, on Thursday, June 29, 2017. About 1,000 garbage collectors marched through central Athens demanding an end to short-term labor contracts, as their strike, which has lasted nearly two weeks, has left towering mounds of garbage on city streets at a time when the summer's first heatwave sent temperatures soaring. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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A worker sprays a huge pile of garbage with disinfectant in Kaminia neighborhood of Piraeus, near Athens, Thursday, June 29, 2017. Greece's municipal garbage collectors are on 14-day protest that has left mounds of festering refuse piled up across Athens amid high summer temperatures.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A woman throws a garbage bag onto a pile of garbage in Athens, on Thursday, June 29, 2017. A strike by garbage collectors, which has lasted nearly two weeks, has left towering mounds of garbage on city streets at a time when the summer's first heatwave sent temperatures soaring. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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A woman carries shopping bags as she makes her way through a pile of garbage in Athens, on Thursday, June 29, 2017. A strike by garbage collectors, which has lasted nearly two weeks, has left towering mounds of garbage on city streets at a time when the summer's first heatwave sent temperatures soaring. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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A man holds an ice cream as he makes his way past a pile of garbage in Athens, on Thursday, June 29, 2017. A strike by garbage collectors, which has lasted nearly two weeks, has left towering mounds of garbage on city streets at a time when the summer's first heatwave sent temperatures soaring. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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Camp crews pull a line up a hill while a slow moving grass and brush fire threatens homes in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Dozens of homes were under mandatory evacuation orders on the suburban edges of Burbank, where flames raced uphill through tinder-dry grass. (John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
