(Jeff Chatlosh | The Morning News via AP file photo) File) A CSX Train with spent nuclear fuel passes through Florence, S.C., in 1994 on its way to Savannah River Site Weapons Complex near Aiken S.C. Nevada is protesting that the federal government quietly shipped plutonium from South Carolina to a former U.S. nuclear proving ground north of Las Vegas.
Lee has worked at The Tribune since 2011. He previously was a reporter for 28 years at the Deseret News, including 18 years as its Washington, D.C., correspondent. He covers politics, transportation and demographics.