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Governor: 6 tanks leaking radioactive waste at Washington nuclear ... Six tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington are leaking radioactive waste, the state's governor said Friday. www.cnn.com/2013/02/22/us/washington-nuclear

6 Hanford tanks leaking nuclear waste - SFGate The leaks raise new concerns about delays for emptying the tanks at south- central Washington's Hanford nuclear reservation, and they strike another blow to ... www.sfgate.com/.../6-Hanford-tanks-leaking-nuclear-waste-43... Washington Gov. Says 6 Underground Radioactive Waste Tanks at ... By Madeleine Morgenstern YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says six underground radioactive waste tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking. Inslee made the announcement Friday afternoon after meeting with federal officials in ... TheBlaze.com - Stories At least six tanks leaking at nuclear waste site in Washington state ... By Agence France-Presse At least six underground tanks containing nuclear waste in the northwestern US state of Washington are leaking, but there is no imminent threat to public health, a spokeswoman said Friday. The US Energy Department told the state last week ... The Raw Story Radioactive leaks in six US nuclear waste tanks | Firstpost By hidden However the Governor of Washington State, Jay Inslee, who said that there is no immediate or near-term health risk associated with these newly discovered leaks. Firstpost Prison Planet.com » Radioactive Waste Is Leaking From ... By admin The weapons production reactors were decommissioned at the end of the Cold War, but the decades of manufacturing left behind 53 million US gallons of high-level radioactive waste, an additional 25 million cubic feet of solid radioactive ... Prison Planet.com Nuclear Waste Seeping From 6 Containers In Washington | KTOO By Eyder Peralta - NPR News As NPR's Martin Kaste tells our Newscast Desk, federal officials have spent many years and billions of dollars cleaning up the reservation, including efforts to protect the nearby Columbia River. There are 177 tanks holding nuclear waste at the ... KTOO Radioactive waste leaking from tanks at Washington state nuclear site The Guardian Six underground storage tanks at a nuclear facility in Washington state are leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to human health, officials say. The newly discovered leaks, at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, come one week after ... Six Nuclear Waste Tanks Leaking at Washington State Site Bloomberg Six tanks holding radioactive waste at the U.S. Energy Department's Hanford site in Washington are leaking, more than reported earlier, Governor Jay Inslee said. He learned of the new number, five more than identified as leaky a week ago, in a meeting ... Hanford Nuclear Reservation Tanks Leaking Radioactive Waste Underground ... Huffington Post YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, federal and state officials said Friday, prompting calls for an investigation from a key senator ... Radioactive waste leaking from six tanks at Washington state nuclear site Reuters SEATTLE (Reuters) - Six underground storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation along the Columbia River in Washington state were recently found to be leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to human health, state and federal ... Tanks leaking radioactive waste at US nuclear site The Times (subscription) At least six tanks containing radioactive waste are leaking from a plant in the US state of Washington, authorities warned last night, urging more federal help to clean up a site used to make Cold War-era bombs. The underground tanks at the Hanford ... T America's most contaminated: Radioactive waste leaks into northwestern river RT Radioactive waste is leaking from six underground tanks at America's most-contaminated facility in Washington, the state's government announced on Friday. Just how much toxic stew got into the Columbia River's underground basin is unclear. The leak at ... See all stories on this topic » RT Washington State nuclear waste tanks 'leaking' BBC News Governor Jay Inslee described the situation at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation as "disturbing news". But he stressed that there was no current risk to human health. Nearly 200 ageing containers hold millions of litres of radioactive waste left from ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News Nuclear Waste Seeping From 6 Containers In Washington New Hampshire Public Radio The number of underground containers seeping nuclear waste has increased to six from one at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. On his twitter account, Gov. Jay Inslee said he received the news during a meeting with Secretary of ... See all stories on this topic » US alarm over nuclear-waste leaks | Bangkok Post: news Bangkok Post At least six tanks containing radioactive waste in the US state of Washington are leaking, the state said, urging more federal help to clean up a site used to make Cold War-era bombs. Aerial view of part of the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state ... See all stories on this topic » Bangkok Post