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 |
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