[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "Hanford nuclear waste report comes up short, say experts"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hanford nuclear waste report comes up short, say experts

BY ANNETTE CARY
Tri-City Herald (WA)
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 

RICHLAND, WA - Not enough is known to decide on the best and most economical way to treat much of the low-activity radioactive waste in Hanford’s underground tanks, said a committee of the National Academies of Sciences.

Still, a decision may need to be made soon to be ready to treat the waste on schedule, it said.

The Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland has 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste stored in underground tanks from the past production of plutonium for the nation’s weapons program.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article234579187.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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