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

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   Highlights include starting treatment of the Hanford site tank waste for disposal on the current schedule of 2025 for the least-radioactive waste and 2033 for the high-level radioactive waste ...

5. 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.

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

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   The Department of Energy is going forward with a contract award valued at up to $45 billion to a BWXT-led company to manage the Hanford nuclear site tank farms that store radioactive waste and the ...

8. 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.

9. WA, feds to release Hanford radioactive waste plan after 4 ...

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   That included the start of treatment of the least radioactive waste, starting high level radioactive waste treatment by 2033 and steady progress on emptying leak-prone waste storage tanks.