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Archive Home > 2011 > May > 25 > Don’t put nuclear waste at Hanford, lawmakers urge

Don’t put nuclear waste at Hanford, lawmakers urge

By Jonathan J. Cooper / The Bulletin
May 25, 2011

SALEM — A group of Oregon legislators told federal officials Tuesday that the Hanford nuclear reservation should not be considered for permanent storage of radioactive waste.

The 17 lawmakers said in a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy that Hanford is already highly contaminated....

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