[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Hanford Reservation (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Selling some Hanford land can attract new business

Editorial
Tri-City Herald (WA)
January 26, 2011

For years, the long-range vision for Hanford has been to clean it up and 
put it to good use.

As early as 1959, the Herald published an editorial that said, in part, 
"The fact that there is optimism for the future is encouraging. While 
there won't be any new industrial plans at Hanford next week, there is 
the very distinct possibility that there will be one sometime in the 
future."

The crux of that editorial was that down the road, all that radioactive 
waste might be useful. Maybe people would use it to preserve food or 
find some other functions.

Good ideas, but not exactly the type of industry we see in Hanford's 
future these days. And yet, the editorial's underlying premise remains 
sound 62 years after it was written.

As the community again looks to develop "new industrial plans at 
Hanford," exploiting the site's existing assets is the best bet.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/01/26/1341888/selling-some-hanford-land-can.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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