After years of public outcry and decades of lawsuits, remediation is officially set to begin in Parks Township, Armstrong County, at one of the largest nuclear waste dumps in the country .

A public meeting was held on Wednesday night between the community and the Army Corps of Engineers to discuss the process and what residents can expect once clean up begins sometime early to mid-winter.

Project manager Steven Vriesen said residents may also hear an alarm sound this week, which is being tested for worker safety.

"We have different alarm systems on site for worker safety. The ones that we'll be testing today have to do with radiation safety, again, very similar to like a fire drill that we all did back in school," Vriesen said. "This one, it's solely related to worker safety. It doe

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