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From plutonium to uranium, bomb-making materials are on the move, traveling across our country on 18-wheelers and rails every day. According to the EPA, about 3 million shipments that contain radioactive materials are transported in the US each year. These shipments are supposed to be highly regulated, but in an exclusive interview, we meet a truck driver who hauled uranium across state lines for the Department of Energy, and he offers an entirely different -- and concerning -- picture. [3:29]
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