United States Department of Energy
Nuclear Site Safety Official Fired After Her Repeated Warnings of Safety Problems
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | February 21, 2014
Yet another official at the nation’s most challenging environmental cleanup project has been fired after raising serious safety concerns.
Possible new leak at Hanford site, higher radioactivity levels detected
RT | June 22, 2013
A tank containing highly radioactive waste may be leaking into the soil at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (the US’s most contaminated nuclear site) in Washington state, employees have told media.
State and federal officials are investigating reports that workers detected elevated radioactivity levels under tank AY-102 during a routine inspection on Thursday.