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2. 2 Hanford tanks are leaking nuclear waste into the ground ...

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   The tanks are oozing about 960 gallons a year into soil above groundwater that flows toward Columbia River. 2 Hanford tanks are leaking nuclear waste into the ground. Plan to deal with them settled

3. Workers start emptying radioactive waste from massive, leak ...

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   The Hanford site has 149 single-shell tanks built as early as World War II storing waste until it is transferred to a limited number of tanks that better guard against leaks and then treated for ...

4. Work to finally start under disputed $45B contract for ...

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   Work under the new contract at the tank farms includes emptying waste from 149 leak-prone single shell tanks into 27 newer double-shell tanks for storage until it can be treated for disposal and ...

5. WA, feds upend plan to clean up one of nation’s most costly ...

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   The current deadline of having all 149 leak-prone single-shell tanks emptied by 2040 is unachievable. ... path forward for Hanford’s tank waste mission,” said Brian Vance, DOE’s Hanford ...

6. Feds and WA reach deal on leaking Hanford nuclear waste tanks ...

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   Last year officials said one tank may have leaked about 3,000 gallons of waste into the soil. Feds and WA reach deal on leaking Hanford nuclear waste tanks. They won’t be emptied soon

7. Tank leak detection - Wikipedia

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   Tank leak detection is implemented to alert the operator to a suspected release from any part of a storage tank system, what enables to prevent from soil contamination and loss of product. In many countries regulated UST are required to have an approved leak detection method so that leaks are discovered quickly and the release is stopped in time.

8. Judge finally rules on $45B WA nuclear site contract ... - AOL

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   The 10-year contract covers work at the Hanford site tank farms, where 56 million gallons of radioactive waste are stored in underground tanks, and operation of the vitrification plant to treat ...

9. Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

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   The Vit Plant will first process Hanford's low-activity waste liquids, starting as soon as 2023, as part of the Department of Energy's Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) approach. Under DFLAW, waste will be sent from the tank farms to the Vit Plant's Low-Activity Waste Facility for vitrification.