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RED ALERT!!!! 6 underground Hanford nuclear tanks leaking!!!!! PIN!
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[quote:seer:MV8yMTQ5NTExXzM2MzIzOTE0X0JFQ0NGNjI0] back in 1986 i worked for washprig- (Washington public information group) for 5 days. i learned all about Hanford and it's nuclear waste dump.- the main concern was and is-that it is located near the Colorado river and the contamination WILL go downstream. the tanks were cracking 25 years ago. [/quote]
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YAKIMA, Wash. – Federal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country's most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington, raising concerns about delays for emptying the aging tanks.
The leaking materials at Hanford Nuclear Reservation pose no immediate risk to public safety or the environment because it would take perhaps years for the chemicals to reach groundwater, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday.
But the news has renewed discussion over delays for emptying the tanks, which were installed decades ago and are long past their intended 20-year life span.
"None of these tanks would be acceptable for use today. They are all beyond their design life. None of them should be in service," said Tom Carpenter of Hanford Challenge, a Hanford watchdog group. "And yet, they're holding two-thirds of the nation's high-level nuclear waste."
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