Tag Archives: Hanford

Hanford nuclear contractor proposes changing workers’ shifts to cut vapor exposure via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2016/07/09 by norma field

More than 50 Hanford workers in recent months have sought medical examinations for possible exposure to chemical vapors. Changing shifts to nights and weekends for some workers would leave fewer employees exposed, the contractor says. SPOKANE — The contractor that … Continue reading →

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There’s No Covering Up This One — Visible Pollution Leaking from NY Nuclear Plant via Activist Post

Posted on 2016/07/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] According to the Democrat and Chronicle, Entergy Corporation, which operates the plant, found the source of the oil on the roof of a turbine building, said Neil Sheehan, a public affairs officer for the NRC. “It appears about 20 … Continue reading →

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Hanford continues to mislead workers about toxic vapors via King5

Posted on 2016/06/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After a 33 year career at Hanford working in the tank farms, Abe Garza of Richland is off the job and he’ll never work again. He has permanent lung damage and brain damage from exposure to toxic chemical vapors at … Continue reading →

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Is This the 4th Recent Nuclear Disaster to Strike the U.S.? via Natural Blaze

Posted on 2016/05/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Is there any nuclear site in the United States that is not currently collapsing, leaking or otherwise posing a major health or environmental risk? Certainly there are, but that number is becoming smaller and smaller. In addition to three other … Continue reading →

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NUCLEAR WASTE LEAKING AT ‘AMERICAN FUKUSHIMA’ IN NORTHWEST　via Newsweek

Posted on 2016/05/03 by norma field

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation sits on the plains of eastern Washington, where the state meets Oregon and Idaho. This is open country through which cars pass quickly on the way to the Pacific coast or, conversely, deeper into the heartland. … Continue reading →

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6 reasons to know about Hanford’s nuclear waste via KOIN6

Posted on 2016/05/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

RICHLAND, Wash. (KOIN) — It’s something to think about the next time you visit the Columbia Gorge. The timeline for officials to clean up the biggest, most toxic nuclear waste site in the Western hemisphere is shrinking. The race to … Continue reading →

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Six more Hanford workers evaluated for chemical vapor exposure via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2016/05/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Six more Hanford workers were evaluated for possible exposure to chemical vapors Monday, bringing the total since Thursday to 26. Monday three workers in the AP Tank Farm, where sampling was being done, reported smelling suspicious odors. None was wearing … Continue reading →

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11 Hanford workers sick Thurs. from vapors via KING5

Posted on 2016/04/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hanford tank farm workers performing routine tasks at the vast nuclear waste site reported getting sick after breathing chemical vapors on Thursday. The toxic gases most likely escaped from pipes used to move nuclear waste from one area of Hanford … Continue reading →

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Hanford, Not Fukushima, is the Big Radiological Threat to the West Coast via Counter Punch

Posted on 2016/04/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Hanford, on the Columbia River in Eastern Washington State, is the site where the United States produced the majority of its plutonium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War. These tens of thousands of American nuclear weapons were built … Continue reading →

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Workers study cause of fluctuations in nuclear waste tank via The Washington Post

Posted on 2016/04/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SPOKANE, Wash. — Fluctuations inside a huge tank of radioactive waste raised concerns on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state over the weekend, and workers prepared Monday to pump out the area of the leak. A federal contractor said … Continue reading →

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