radioactive waste

6 More Hanford Workers Evaluated for Vapor Exposure
6 More Hanford Workers Evaluated for Vapor Exposure
6 More Hanford Workers Evaluated for Vapor Exposure
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP)  Officials say six more Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers have been evaluated for chemical vapor exposure, bringing the total number to 26. The Tri-City Herald reports three people working Monday reported smelling suspicious odors and three others requested medical evaluations because of odors last week...
Hanford Seeks Possible Leak in 2nd Double-walled Tank
Hanford Seeks Possible Leak in 2nd Double-walled Tank
Hanford Seeks Possible Leak in 2nd Double-walled Tank
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Officials for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are trying to determine if a second giant tank containing radioactive waste from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons is leaking. Hanford officials said Tuesday that filters inside an aging tank known as AY-101 recently showed radiation at higher than normal background levels...
Winds Blow Small Amount of Radiation Onto Highway
Winds Blow Small Amount of Radiation Onto Highway
Winds Blow Small Amount of Radiation Onto Highway
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says the uncontrolled spread of small amounts of radioactive waste at Hanford after a Nov. 17 windstorm is alarming. The winds pushed specks of contamination beyond Route 4, the public highway from Richland out to the Wye Barricade entrance to Hanford. The...
Hanford Board Says Proposed Cleanup Deadline Too Extreme
Hanford Board Says Proposed Cleanup Deadline Too Extreme
Hanford Board Says Proposed Cleanup Deadline Too Extreme
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Hanford Advisory board says a proposed change in deadlines to clean up radioactive waste in the reservation is too extreme. The Tri-City Herald reports that the U.S. Department of Energy has proposed changing 64 deadlines in the Tri-Party Agreement that governs the Hanford cleanup, but the board says the new deadlines would not speed up work and would instead delay some