‘Important moment’ reached for Eastern WA’s leak-prone Hanford radioactive waste tanks

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'Important moment' reached for Eastern WA's leak-prone Hanford radioactive waste tanks

Jul. 2—Hanford site workers have reached a key environmental cleanup milestone, emptying radioactive waste from a second tank farm. "This is an important moment in our Hanford cleanup effort," said Brian Vance, the Department of Energy manager for the 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear reservation. The Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it had emptied waste from all tanks in the AX Tank ...