Tagged: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Hanford Tank Leak
7:07 am
Wed November 14, 2012

Preparing For The Worst; Hanford Officials Deal With Leaking Tank

Now to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington. Workers are readying pumping equipment at a slow-leaking radioactive waste tank in case the leak gets worse. A newly released report details why the tank became unstable.

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Safety At Hanford
4:00 pm
Wed October 3, 2012

Flammable Gas In Hanford Waste Tanks Concerns Nuclear Watchdog

Credit U.S. Dept. of Energy
Tanks at the Hanford site.

A federal nuclear watchdog is pushing Hanford managers to come up with a fix for flammable gas that may be building up in underground waste tanks. This is the latest round of criticism of the nuclear reservation in southeast Washington.

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