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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Nuclear Waste Seeping From Container In Hazardous Wash. State Facility

Nuclear Waste Seeping From Container In Hazardous Wash. State Facility
NPR (blog)
They thought they'd managed this problem a few years ago. But Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee got a disturbing call Friday from Energy Secretary Steven Chu: Nuclear waste is leaking out of a tank in one of the most contaminated nuclear waste siteshttp://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/02/16/172183881/nuclear-waste-seeping-from-container-in-hazardous-wash-state-facility

 Leaky Tank at Hanford Nuclear Site Roils Waste Cleanup
Bloomberg
The leaky tank is among 177 stored underground at Hanford, a federal government site for radioactive waste generated by U.S. nuclear weapons production. Decontamination of the facility has been stymied by delays and technical issues, causing its ...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-15/nuclear-waste-tank-is-leaking-at-u-s-site-in-washington-state.html

Tank storing radioactive waste leaking in Washington
CNN
(CNN) -- A tank storing radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington is leaking liquids to the tune of 150 to 300 gallons per year, the governor said Friday. "This is an extremely toxic substance, and we have to have a ...http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/us/washington-tank-leak/index.html

Hanford Nuclear Reservation, America's most polluted site, leaking radioactive ...
GlobalPost
American's most contaminated nuclear site is leaking an alarming amount of nuclear waste, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee told reporters today. Relaying information from the US Department of Energy, the governor said between 150 and 300 gallons of ...http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130215/hanford-americas-most-polluted-leaking-nuclear-waste

Tank storing radioactive waste at America's most contaminated nuclear site is ...

Daily Mail -
The intended cleanup of one of America's most contaminated nuclear sites may be too late as Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced that a radioactive waste tank there has begun leaking. The tank, located at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, is losing 150 ...

Hanford leak

The Seattle Times -
Federal officials say a tank at the Hanford nuclear reservation is leaking up to 300 gallons a year of radioactive liquids — the latest problem in a long-troubled effort to clean up the site. By Hal Bernton. Seattle Times reporter. PREV of NEXT. Enlarge this photo ...

'No immediate risk': Nuclear waste tank leaking in Washington

RT -
One of the most contaminated waste sites in America is leaking nuclear waste according to US officials. The Hanford Nuclear Reservation stores material from the production of atomic weapons, in tanks which have outlived their 20-year lifespan. The nuclear ...


Nuclear Waste Leaking in Washington State
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/nuclear-waste-leaking-in-washington-state/

They thought they'd managed this problem a few years ago. But Washington state
Gov. Jay Inslee got a disturbing call Friday from Energy Secretary Steven Chu:
Nuclear waste is leaking out of a tank in one of the most contaminated nuclear
waste sites in the U.S.

Inslee released a statement, saying a single shell tank at Hanford [...]

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