November 22, 2015 in Opinion
Plutonium for the first nuclear explosion left the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in February 1945. One century later — decades from today — remediation of the radioactive mess left behind will still be ongoing if a proposed agreement between the State of Washington and U.S. Department of Energy is approved.
The deal allows for a 17-year delay in vitrifying the nastiest waste sitting in tanks scattered around the 596-square-mile reservation bordering the (...)
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