A second tunnel storing radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state has structural problems and is at risk of failing, according to a U.S. Energy Department investigation … Click to Continue »
Read More »Workers begin to fill collapsed radioactive tunnel at Hanford
Crews have begun filling in a 400-square-foot collapse in a tunnel that is loaded with radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland, Wash., the Department of Energy said … Click to Continue »
Read More »Oakhurst’s Water Is Radioactive, But Cleanup Is Right Around The Corner
In late April, we launched a series called “Contaminated” where our team explores communities in the region affected by water unsafe to drink. In our first story, we visited a Fresno County community that can’t afford to maintain the arsenic treatment plant the federal government funded 10 years ago. We …
Read More »Hanford workers take cover after cave-in of tunnel with radioactive waste
SEATTLE – Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash., have been evacuated and others have been told to take cover indoors after a tunnel containing radioactive waste caved … Click to Continue »
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