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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 11 > Hanford workers excavate pool that held spent fuel

Hanford workers excavate pool that held spent fuel

By Shannon Dininny / The Bulletin
September 11, 2009

YAKIMA, Wash. — Workers at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site have finished excavating a leaky pool built in the 1950s to hold spent fuel from nuclear reactors.

Successful demolition of the K East Basin at south-central Washington’s Hanford nuclear reservation allows workers to begin....

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