[CPEO-MEF] Hanford K Basins

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fluor may miss DOE deadline on K Basins


By Annette Cary
Tri-City Herald (WA)
October 26, 2004

Fluor Hanford is off to a problem-filled start to meet the first of the 
revised deadlines to clean up radioactive sludge left in the Hanford K 
Basins -- the leak-prone pools of water 400 yards from the Columbia River.

Fluor has notified the Department of Energy it cannot meet DOE's 
commitment to the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board to have the 
sludge in the K East Basin corralled in underwater containers by the end 
of December. The containers are kept in water to shield workers from 
radiation.

However, Fluor still believes it can meet a legal deadline of March 1 
for completing the work.

The safety board provides independent oversight of Hanford, but does not 
have the authority to issue fines.

Fluor also faces an interim deadline under the Tri-Party Agreement, 
which regulates Hanford work, requiring it to start work on getting the 
sludge into containers by the end of this month.
…

for the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/5713626p-5646764c.html

--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org


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