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Columbia River endangered by radioactive nuclear waste

Analysis warns Hanford cleanup would take decades washingtonpost.com The Associated Press
February 10, 2010;
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal proposal for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site says radioactive contaminants from the sprawling Hanford nuclear reservation could threaten the Columbia River for thousands of years.

That prospect ought to force the U.S. Department of Energy, which manages cleanup at the south-central Washington site, to review its long-term clean up plans, said Ken Niles, assistant director of the Oregon Department of Energy…………The plan to import low-level and midlevel radioactive waste from other sites to Hanford after 2022 poses completely unacceptable risks, Niles said. Washington state officials have also raised concerns about bringing in more waste………………

February 15, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, water | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes