Plaintiffs allege that workers’ health is being endangered by noxious vapors escaping from waste tanks
The Washington state atoorney general and a citizens group filed separate federal lawsuits Wednesday alleging that workers’ health is being endangered by noxious vapors escaping from underground waste tanks as the Energy Department’s giant Hanford nuclear-weapons cleanup project.
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A nuclear power plant in Byron, Illinois. Taken by photographer Joseph Pobereskin (http://pobereskin.com).
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