[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE, RADIATION: Hanford's (WA) Plutonium Finishing Plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ex-high security plutonium plant open to guests

BY ANNETTE CARY, TRI-CITY HERALD (WA)
As printed in the Tacoma News Tribune
December 18, 2009

A tall double fence topped with loops of lethal razor wire still 
surrounds key portions of Hanford's Plutonium Finishing Plant.
But guards toting automatic weapons are gone. The X-ray machines and 
metal detectors more powerful than those used at airports have been 
ripped out of the building's entrance.

And there's no one left behind the thick bullet-proof glass of the 
security center keeping an eye on those arriving at the plant. Instead, 
the glass has been plastered with stick-on Christmas decorations.

Until recently the Plutonium Finishing Plant was one of the most secure 
places in the nation, said Matt McCormick, Department of Energy 
assistant manager for central Hanford.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/998708.html





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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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