[CPEO-MEF] MERCURY, RADIATION: Hanford (WA) storage proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Agencies concerned about mercury storage at Hanford


Annette Cary
Tri-City Herald/Tacoma News Tribune (WA)
September 14, 2009

Making Hanford the nation's storage site for tons of excess mercury 
could interfere with environmental cleanup of the site, according to 
government agencies.

The states of Washington and Oregon, the Hanford Communities and the 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation each have 
submitted written comments to the Department of Energy outlining their 
concerns.

"It is unacceptable for the nation's leadership to consider sending 
12,000 tons of elemental mercury to Hanford when it will be another 50 
years before existing waste is cleaned up," the tribes said in a letter 
to DOE.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/878996.html

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Lenny Siegel
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