Man gets probation for improper shipping of nuclear waste

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A judge has opted against prison time for a Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to shipping low-level nuclear waste to a Kentucky landfill without proper labeling. A federal judge handed down a five-year probation sentence Wednesday for Cory David Hoskins, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tashena Fannin wrote in a sentencing memorandum that testing so far hasn’t shown any damage from the waste, the newspaper reported. Fannin added that “the landfill, the workers who hauled it or worked around it, and the residents of Estill County are left with concerns about whether harm will manifest in the future.” Hoskins agreed to pay $25,000 to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, court records show.