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Hanford nuclear clean-up hampered by leak in massive waste tank

Leak in massive Hanford nuclear waste tank getting worse by SUSANNAH FRAME / KING 5 NewsNWCN.com March 6, 2014 RICHLAND, Wash. — Workers have found more waste leaking betw een the walls of a nuclear storage tank on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

The waste was found in a new place between the walls of one of the 28 double shell tanks at the site. The US Dept. of Energy, which owns Hanford, says the waste is covering an area of 7 feet by 21 inches. The double shell tanks were built to be the most robust tanks at Hanford. They were constructed with the intent to be able to safely store the dangerous wastes until the technology to permanently dispose of the liquids is developed. A leak in a double shell tank is seen as one of the biggest setbacks to the cleanup program at Hanford in the last decade……….http://www.nwcn.com/news/More-waste-leaking-between-walls-of-tank-248859301.html

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