Leak discovered in single-shell waste tank at Hanford

May 3, 2021, 9:29AMRadwaste Solutions
The B Complex area tank farm at the DOE’s Hanford Site in Washington. Photo: DOE

The Department of Energy announced that it has determined that an underground single-shell waste tank at its Hanford Site near Richland, Wash., is likely leaking into the soil beneath the tank. The DOE said that the leaking tank poses no increased health or safety risk to the Hanford workforce or the public.

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