Six Washington state nuclear tanks leaking: governor's office

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4. I believe I saw recently where there is another move out of the DOE recently to

de-regulate some LOW-LEVEL radio-active waste. The last time I noticed that kind of regulatory move it was referred to as Below Regulatory Concern, because DOE wanted to change waste classifications so they could have more room at storage facilities. At the DOE regional hearings, back in the mid '90s, waste storage experts were still fighting the facilities at 4 Corners in the Southwest. Some came to the DOE meetings and told us details about the containers' structural problems and the problems shipping and storing the containers for long periods of time, well, I guess I should say for a lot less time than you'd think, because the corrosion and leakage problems with the containers start at way less than even a few decades.

Everyone needs more specific information about what is happening in this situation. We mustn't pretend it isn't there.