sorry: the public computer kicked me off and
I had to sign in again.
The quote in the previous post
is from a 6 December (that's this morning)
editorial in the Detroit Free Press.
Published with the only byline,
The Editorial Staff.


This piece identifies a reported named either
Dave Battagallo or Dave Battagello
(sadly, the editorial spells it BOTH ways, take your pick?)
representing the Windsor Star.

Now: looking at the OP,
"nuclear waste going back to 1941" is the statement;
this statement is misleading in its vagueness, maybe that's the problem?

1941 perhaps does not refer to storage?
Perhaps it refers to the storage contents,
and the storage occurred , erm ... later ...

I'm losing steam here. No use getting all exercised over it, but:
at the very least, greater clarity and precision are needed
especially with a hot-button story like this one.