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DOE confirms 2nd leak at Hanford as state threatens legal action
- 9-1-2012
- Categorized in: Hanford
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
GARY CHITTIM / KING 5 News August 31, 2012
A second leak of suspected radioactive material at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was recently detected, the U.S. Department of Energy confirmed Friday.
As with the first leak revealed last month, the new material was found in a gap between the walls of a double-walled storage tank (see photos in gallery).
The leak was found during a routine inspection and was described as a three-foot mass that tested positive for high-level radioactivity.
