2004 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 27 Oct 2004 05:24:41 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Hanford K Basins
 
Fluor may miss DOE deadline on K Basins


By Annette Cary Tri-City Herald (WA) October 26, 2004

Fluor Hanford is off to a problem-filled start to meet the first of the revised deadlines to clean up radioactive sludge left in the Hanford K Basins -- the leak-prone pools of water 400 yards from the Columbia River.

Fluor has notified the Department of Energy it cannot meet DOE's commitment to the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board to have the sludge in the K East Basin corralled in underwater containers by the end of December. The containers are kept in water to shield workers from radiation.

However, Fluor still believes it can meet a legal deadline of March 1 for completing the work.

The safety board provides independent oversight of Hanford, but does not have the authority to issue fines.

Fluor also faces an interim deadline under the Tri-Party Agreement, which regulates Hanford work, requiring it to start work on getting the sludge into containers by the end of this month.


for the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/5713626p-5646764c.html

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Lenny Siegel
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