Originally published Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 6:10 PM
PrintHanford workers resume tank operation
Workers at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site have resumed waste retrieval from an underground tank.
Workers at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site have resumed waste retrieval from an underground tank.
Tank waste retrieval at southeast Washington's Hanford nuclear reservation had been halted since September because of some technical problems. Also, a new project contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions LLC, took over on Oct. 1.
Tank C-110 was built in 1946 and holds about 126,000 gallons of sludge and other radioactive and chemical waste. The waste is being transferred to a more durable single-shell tank until it can be sent to a plant for treatment.
This is the 11th of Hanford's 177 tanks to undergo waste retrieval.
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