Cleanup & Remediation

Energy Dept. Will Do Root Cause Analysis of Hanford PUREX Tunnel Accident

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At the urging of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Department of Energy will conduct a root cause analysis of the May 2017 partial collapse of Tunnel 1 of the Plutonium Uranium Extraction (PUREX) Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington.
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