[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP - Hanford (WA) plume

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Groundwater cleanup to speed up at Hanford


By SHANNON DININNY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (WA)
March 11, 2008

YAKIMA -- The federal government is accelerating cleanup of one plume of 
contaminated groundwater at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site 
in an effort to better protect aquatic life in the neighboring Columbia 
River.

The project will triple the amount of groundwater treated for hexavalent 
chromium, a cancer-causing agent that was used as a corrosion inhibitor 
in nuclear reactors, at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The contaminant 
moves easily with water and is particularly dangerous to salmon in the 
region's largest waterway.

"Accelerating this work emphasizes our commitment to cleanup and 
directly supports our goal to stop key contaminants from reaching the 
Columbia River," Briant Charboneau, the U.S. Department of Energy's 
project director for groundwater remediation, said in a statement Tuesday.

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For the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/354678_hanford12.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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