DOE finds more evidence of leak in Hanford double-shell tank

DOE finds more evidence of leak in Hanford double-shell tank Mid Columbia Tri City Herald "We just have got to think it's not encouraging to find another spot that clearly was not there in 2006," said Cheryl Whalen, cleanup section manager for the Department of Ecology's Nuclear Waste Program. The state is the regulator of the tank waste ...http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/09/01/2082638/doe-finds-more-evidence-of-leak.html More evidence that Hanford double shell waste tank may be deteriorating Yakima Herald-Republic - By Annette Cary. Tri-City Herald. RICHLAND — Early steps in an investigation into whether one of Hanford's double shell tanks may have a leak from its inner shell have turned up troubling results. More unknown material has been found in a third place ... DOE confirms 2nd leak at Hanford as state threatens legal action KING5.com - ‎ A second leak of suspected radioactive material at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was recently detected, the U.S. Department of Energy confirmed Friday. As with the first leak revealed last month, the new material was found in a gap between the walls of a ... Pipeline breaks near contaminated soil site at Hanford Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - ‎ Up to 150,000 gallons of water spilled from a broken pipeline Thursday at Hanford not too far from one of the most highly radioactive soil contamination sites known at the nuclear reservation. However, the water did not reach the spilled radioactive waste ... 2 Hanford workers being checked for radioactive cesium Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - Two Hanford workers are being checked for radioactive cesium 137 in their bodies after a seal on a pipe from a waste storage tank failed. If they did have an internal uptake of cesium 137, it was at a very, very low level, said John Britton, spokesman for ...