Aging Tanks, Aging Watchdogs: Lots To Work On For Washington's New Nuclear Waste Program Manager
Anna King / NW News Network Originally published on December 28, 2020 10:00 pm At the Hanford site in southeastern Washington, along the Columbia River, stew millions of gallons of radioactive sludge cradled in aging underground tanks. Nearly 2,000 capsules filled with cesium and strontium rest unquietly in an old, glowing-blue pool of water. Two more reactors along the Columbia still need to be sealed up and cocooned. And those are just some of the bigger to-dos out of hundreds of waste sites on the list at the 580-square-mile cleanup site. 177 underground tanks It’s a lot to ponder ...
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