In brief: Four more New Mexico nuclear workers found contaminated

CARLSBAD, N.M. – The Department of Energy said tests show four more workers were contaminated with low levels of radiation during a leak at federal government’s underground nuclear waste dump.

Officials also said Monday that they’re planning to get a crew underground Tuesday for the first time since the Valentine’s Day accident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico.

The DOE says a total of 21 workers received low doses of radiation, all well below levels deemed unsafe.

Airline says 777 partly caused crash

SAN FRANCISCO – Asiana Airlines acknowledged in documents released Monday that its pilots failed to correct their fatally slow approach to a landing at San Francisco International Airport but also blamed the maker of the jet, saying it did not automatically maintain a safe speed.

Asiana wrote in the filing with U.S. accident investigators that the Boeing 777 had design flaws that led the pilots to believe it would keep flying at the proper speed and failed to warn the cockpit crew in time when it did not.

Boeing Co. countered in its own filing with the National Transportation Safety Board that the airplane performed as expected, and the pilots were to blame for the July 6 crash because they stuck with a clearly troubled landing. Three people died as a result of the crash.

Camp plans to retire from House

WASHINGTON – Rep. Dave Camp, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, will not seek another term.

The Michigan Republican said in a statement Monday that he will retire after 12 terms in the House. He was term-limited as chairman of the committee.