State Rebuffs U.S. Over Hanford Cleanup of Radioactive Water
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YAKIMA - State officials have rejected a request by the U.S. Department of Energy to temporarily discontinue treating some contaminated ground water at the Hanford nuclear reservation, according to a letter released Friday.
The Energy Department last month had proposed halting treatment of contaminated ground water near one of nine former nuclear reactors along the Columbia River, largely because the current method of treatment is insufficient. Federal officials have been working to develop a new treatment plan by an October deadline.See the full content of this document
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State Rebuffs U.S. Over Hanford Cleanup of Radioactive Water
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