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State Approves Request To Fill Aging Hanford Tunnel
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Department of Energy has been cleared to immediately begin stabilizing a tunnel containing highly radioactive waste that is at risk of collapse.
The Tri-City Herald reports filling the tunnel with a concrete-like grout intended to strengthen the structure located on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation could start in the next week.
Hanford for decades made plutonium for nuclear weapons, and some of the waste is stored in tunnels on the huge site.
One tunnel partially collapsed in 2017. A study revealed a second and much larger tunnel, built in 1964, was at serious risk of collapse.
Read more: https://hosted.ap.org/dailycourier/article/81cbda9ee62c4894a1ea44cfcd7e419e/state-approves-request-fill-aging-hanford-tunnel
