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This Feb. 24, 2014 photo shows the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, N.M. Officials held a news conference to discuss preliminary test results that indicate 13 workers worker were exposed to radiation during a leak Feb. 14, 2014, from the nation's first underground nuclear waste dump. New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall says he will ask the Environmental Protection Agency to send air monitors to southeastern New Mexico following a radiation release from the federal government’s underground nuclear waste dump near Carlsbad. Udall says he will send a letter Thursday requesting the portable monitors. Udall says the health and safety of the community and workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant are his top priority. The EPA has regulatory authority over the site and any airborne radiation releases. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing)
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In this Feb. 24, 2014 photo, a member of the community speaks of the Feb. 14, 2014 radiation leak during a community meeting in Carlsbad, N.M. New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall says he will ask the Environmental Protection Agency to send air monitors to southeastern New Mexico following a radiation release from the federal government’s underground nuclear waste dump near Carlsbad. Udall says he will send a letter Thursday requesting the portable monitors. Udall says the health and safety of the community and workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant are his top priority. The EPA has regulatory authority over the site and any airborne radiation releases. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing)
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FILE - This undated file aerial photo shows the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. Back-to-back accidents and a never-supposed-to-happen above-ground radiation release have shuttered the federal government’s only deep underground nuclear waste dump indefinitely, raising questions about a cornerstone of the Department of Energy’s $5 billion-a year-program for cleaning up legacy waste scattered across the country from decades of nuclear bomb making. Thirteen workers have tested positive for radiation exposure after a recent leak. (AP Photo/Carlsbad Current Argus, File)
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In this Jan. 10, 2014 photo, a man plays with a toddler inside the Favela do Metro slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some residents in this slum were evicted from their homes two years ago for the area to be renovated for this year's World Cup and 2016 Olympics, but people reoccupied the homes and are fighting to stay. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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In this Jan. 10, 2014 photo, a residnet gets his hair done inside the Favela do Metro slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some residents in this slum were evicted from their homes two years ago for the area to be renovated for this year's World Cup and 2016 Olympics, but people reoccupied the homes and are fighting to stay. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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In this Feb. 16, 2014 photo, children play at the Condominio Oiti project in the suburb of Campo Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Inaugurated in 2011, the project houses nearly 200 families relocated from slums throughout the city. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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In this Jan. 10, 2014 photo, a woman takes a shower using a bucket of water inside the Favela do Metro slum outside Maracana stadium where homes have been demolished and residents evicted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some residents were evicted from their homes two years ago for the area to be renovated for this year's World Cup and 2016 Olympics, but people reoccupied the homes and are fighting to stay. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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In this Jan. 9, 2014 photo, trash fills an area in the Favela do Metro slum outside Maracana stadium where some homes have been demolished and residents evicted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some residents in this slum were evicted from their homes two years ago for the area to be renovated for this year's World Cup and 2016 Olympics, but people reoccupied the homes and are fighting to stay. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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In this Jan. 9, 2014 photo, residents walk inside the Favela do Metro slum near Maracana stadium where people have been evicted and homes demolished in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The evictions and demolitions in this slum are part of urban renewal efforts launched ahead of this year’s World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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In this Jan. 9, 2014 photo, a resident looks from her window at the Favela do Metro slum near Maracana stadium where some homes have been demolished in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Residents in this slum were evicted from their homes two years ago for the area to be renovated for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, but people reoccupied the homes and are fighting to stay. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
