The Hanford Site

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This paper examines the effect that the closing of 'The Hanford Site,' the Hanford Nuclear Reactor Plant, has had on the community in terms of economy and the environment. The paper explains that the removal of many thousands of tons of radioactive dirt took place in Hanford and claims that it appears that environmental and economical successes have been achieved in spite of predictions suggesting otherwise.

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"In 1969 there were problems at Hanford with the N-reactor causing rupturing and leaking of fuel rods. The situation was expediently handled and the contaminants buried in container beneath 50 feet of concrete, during the process tie gross beta radiation shot up more than sixty-times over what was considered to be safe. The problem with the disposal method was that clean up was difficult in gaining someone to perform it but finally the Department of Energy took on the job in 1980. Congress passed the LLWP Act of 1980 which is the Low-level Waste Policy Act which required removal of low-level radioactive waste from the sites being decommissioned. Approximately 1.1 million cubic feet of the low-level waste was removed during 1990 from the collective sites and sent to be permanently stored at the Nevada Test site of sent to commercial disposal sites."

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