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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