SPOKANE, Wash. – A portion of a storage tunnel that contains rail cars full of radioactive waste collapsed Tuesday morning, forcing an emergency declaration at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeastern Washington state.
Officials detected no release of radiation and no workers were injured, said Randy Bradbury, a spokesman for the Washington state Department of Ecology.
There were no workers inside the tunnel when it collapsed. But nearby Hanford workers were evacuated and others who were farther away were told to remain indoors, the U.S. Department of Energy said.
The accident occurred at a facility known as PUREX, located in the middle of the sprawling Hanford site, which is half the size of Rhode Island, Bradbury said.
Hanford is located near Richland, about 200 miles southeast of Seattle.
The closed PUREX plant was part of the nation’s nuclear weapons production complex.
Hanford for decades made plutonium for nuclear weapons and is now the largest depository of radioactive defence waste that must be cleaned.
It contains about 56 million gallons of radioactive waste, most of it in 177 underground tanks. Source>>>>>>>
Tattooed Freak Michael Slager Takes His Girl Out Behind The Gas Station & Sets Her On Fire Because He Luvs Her!
I Got Me Matches & Gas Lets Go Out Back & Have Some Fun....
A man accused of pouring gasoline on his fiancee and lighting her on fire says it was a 'horrible accident,' because he is in 'love with her.' Michael Slager, 40, allegedly set Judith Malinowski, 31, ablaze behind a Speedway gas station in Gahanna, Ohio, on Sunday, at 5.pm. Malinowski is in critical condition with life-threatening burns and was hospitalized at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center. But Slager's attorney, Douglas Shaw, said that the entire incident was a mistake and Slager loves his fiancée and injured himself while putting out the fire. According to an eyewitness who called 911, the couple had been arguing before he lit the blaze in the Columbus suburb. The caller said the suspect then used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. Daily Mail Read More>>>>>
A man accused of pouring gasoline on his fiancee and lighting her on fire says it was a 'horrible accident,' because he is in 'love with her.' Michael Slager, 40, allegedly set Judith Malinowski, 31, ablaze behind a Speedway gas station in Gahanna, Ohio, on Sunday, at 5.pm. Malinowski is in critical condition with life-threatening burns and was hospitalized at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center. But Slager's attorney, Douglas Shaw, said that the entire incident was a mistake and Slager loves his fiancée and injured himself while putting out the fire. According to an eyewitness who called 911, the couple had been arguing before he lit the blaze in the Columbus suburb. The caller said the suspect then used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. Daily Mail Read More>>>>>
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