[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Radwaste inner tank leak at Hanford, WA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hanford double-shell tank may have interior leak

By Annette Cary
Tri-City Herald (WA)
August 18, 2012

Radioactive material has been found between the inner and outer walls  
of an underground double-shell tank at Hanford for the first time.

The discovery increases the concern that the inner shell of the tank  
may have leaked, indicating the deterioration of at least one of the  
28 double-shell tanks that are needed to hold millions of gallons of  
waste for decades to come.

"If we determine there was a leak or a previous spill, it reinforces  
the urgency of emptying the tanks and completing the mission," said  
Tom Fletcher, Department of Energy assistant manager of the tank  
farms. "The tanks are not getting any younger."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/08/18/2066462/double-shell-tank-at- 
hanford-might.html

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Lenny Siegel
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