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Getting the Vapors
Concerns About Hanford Worker Safety Grow |
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26 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Getting the Vapors Concerns About Hanford Worker Safety Grow Concerns over the safety of workers cleaning up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southwestern Washington state -- site of the largest nuclear waste dump in the Western Hemisphere -- continue to escalate. Yesterday, the Department of Energy announced a formal investigation of the private contractor that monitors worker health, respo ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, health, pollution and waste, Washington (all these topics) |
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Who Was That Unmasked Man, Anyway?
Hanford Cleanup Workers Worry About Toxic Vapors |
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13 Aug 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Who Was That Unmasked Man, Anyway? Hanford Cleanup Workers Worry About Toxic Vapors Dozens of cleanup workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state -- the most contaminated site in the nation -- have registered complaints in the past two years about ammonia-laden vapors seeping up from waste tanks at the site. The workers bl ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, health, nuclear power, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, Washington (all these topics) |
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