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December 13, 2013

Feds release plans for Hanford waste disposal

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press

SPOKANE — The U.S. Department of Energy intends to retrieve nearly all the highly radioactive waste stored in underground tanks on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and convert it into a glass-like substance for permanent disposal, according to a decision that will be published today.

The decision covers the nation's biggest collection of radioactive waste, held in 177 underground tanks at the sprawling reservation near Richland that has been engaged in environmental cleanup for the past two decades. The material is left over from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons.


 
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