US: Nuclear waste tank in Washington state may be leaking - The Hindu BusinessLine
US: Nuclear waste tank in Washington state may be leaking PTI Washington | Updated on It is the second tank believed to be leaking An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid into the ground, the US Department of Energy has said. It's the second tank believed to be leaking waste left from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The first was discovered in 2013. Many more of the 149 single-walled storage tanks at the site are suspected of leaking. Tank B-109, the...
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