High-Level & Tank Waste

DOE Finds Hundreds of Design Issues at Hanford Waste Facility

By Photo of Chris Schneidmiller

Staff Reports
WC Monitor
2/5/2016
The Department of Energy Office of River Protection (ORP) at the Hanford Site in Washington state has developed a list of 529 vulnerabilities in the design of the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility,…

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