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March 1, 2007

Fluor faces more delays in Hanford waste cleanup

  • The contractor won't likely meet a May 31 deadline for removing sludge from the leaking K Basin.

    • RICHLAND (AP) — The removal of radioactive sludge from the K Basins at the Hanford nuclear reservation may be delayed because of a new problem with pumping equipment following 10 earlier changes to the cleanup schedule, officials said.

    Fluor Hanford personnel are working around the clock to try to meet a May 31 deadline for removing the sludge from the leaking K East Basin, but the work likely won't be done before mid-June or possibly the end of September, Pete Knollmeyer, vice president of the company's K Basins closure project, told the Tri-City Herald.


     
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