Six leaking nuclear waste tanks are Hanford nuke site's latest woe

Sunday, February 24, 2013

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Federal and state officials said six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country's most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington, raising concerns about delays emptying the aging tanks.

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