Cleanup & Remediation

Hanford Radioactive Contamination Spreads to 21 Vehicles

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The number of contaminated vehicles identified after a spread of radioactive contamination at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant has increased to 21. Fourteen of those are government and contractor vehicles, and seven belong to workers. The last worker-owned…

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