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A day-long meeting of a task force tracking a federal agency's wind farm plans along the Oregon coast is done after its afternoon became a long public comment session far beyond the half-hour planned.
Originally published on April 29, 2021 2:25 pm At Hanford, a hazardous concoction of radioactive waste and chemicals sits in World War II and Cold War-era tanks. Now one of those old tanks has a serious leak. CREDIT: Anna King/N3 READ ON BY ANNA KING / N3 & NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS / AP At Hanford, a hazardous concoction of radioactive waste and chemicals sits in World War II and Cold War-era tanks. Now one of those old tanks has a serious leak. The U.S. Department of Energy which manages Hanford reports that the leak is likely about 3.5 gallons per day. It’s not worse because liquids in the ...
ANNA KING/NW NEWS NETWORK Originally published on January 19, 2021 5:36 pm As President Donald Trump prepared to leave office, his Department of Energy was celebrating that a new analytical lab was “ready to operate” at the Hanford Site in southeast Washington. The lab, being largely constructed by DOE contractor Bechtel National, Inc. is part of a low-level radioactive waste treatment facility meant to make glass logs out of the hazardous goo. In what’s become a normal part of every outgoing administration’s listing of accomplishments, the department recently celebrated the cons...