Cleanup & Remediation

Hanford Removes 2 Million Tons of Chromium-Contaminated Soil

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Staff Reports
WC Monitor
11/20/2015
Washington Closure Hanford has completed digging up most of the chromium contamination near the Columbia River at the Hanford Site, excavating down to more than 85 feet in some places and removing more than 2 million tons of…

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