[CPEO-MEF] Hanford's K East Basin (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

K East Basin cleanup complete
This story was published Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

By Annette Cary
Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald (WA)
October 25, 2006


Work has been completed on one of Hanford's most vexing cleanup projects 
in recent years.

Workers have finished vacuuming the bulk of the radioactive sludge in 
the K East Basin into underwater containers after two years of work.

"It's been a lot tougher going than anyone expected," said Colleen 
French, DOE Hanford spokeswoman. "So reaching this point is a major, 
major accomplishment."

The work was completed by Fluor Hanford in time to meet an Oct. 31 
commitment to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, but that 
followed a string of missed deadlines. Until milestones were revised, 
DOE had a deadline under the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to get 
the bulk of sludge in the K East Basin into containers by March 1, 2005.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/8340884p-8236974c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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