[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "Hanford tunnel breach confirmed in emergency at Hanford nuclear reservation, " WA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hanford tunnel breach confirmed in emergency at Hanford nuclear reservation

BY ANNETTE CARY
Tri-City Herald
May 9, 2017

An emergency has been declared in central Hanford.

One of two tunnels used to store highly radioactively contaminated waste at the defunct Purex processing plant may have collapsed.

An aerial survey midmorning Tuesday showed an opening about 20 feet by 20 feet into the tunnel, which had been covered with about eight feet of soil.

The breach could expose the highly radioactive material disposed of in the tunnel to the atmosphere.

No airborne radiation had been detected as of about 10:30 a.m. Radiological surveys were continuing.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article149475209.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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