Study: Doe Faces Problems with Nuclear Waste in Tanks

The ColumbianApril 14, 2006

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) The Energy Department is making good progress removing highly radioactive waste from storage tanks at the Idaho National Laboratory, but scientists say they have "serious reservations" about similar cleanups in South Carolina and Washington.

The government-sponsored study found DOE has cleaned out only two of the 246 radioactive waste storage tanks at INL, the Savannah River plant and the Hanford reservation and none has been permanently sealed.

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Study: Doe Faces Problems with Nuclear Waste in Tanks

The agency has been studying ways to immobilize the liquefied radioactive waste stored in underg...

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