Our Sustainable Northwest

How to Clean One Radioactive Waste Tank

  
(Hanford workers struggle to empty waste from tank C-110. There are 177 tanks full of radioactive sludge at the nuclear site in southcentral Washington. Photo courtesy of Washington River Protection Solutions.)

RICHLAND, WA - At the Hanford Reservation in southcentral Washington, 53-million-gallons of radioactive waste sits in underground tanks. That’s enough to fill 80 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The government’s been trying to clean up that mess, but it’s slow going. This year, President Obama’s federal stimulus package includes $2 billion to speed up the pace of cleanup at Hanford. But getting rid of nuclear waste is incredibly complicated. Correspondent Anna King uses a series of food analogies to examine the complexities of just one of those tanks of waste: It’s called C-110. (Full Story)

KWSU Media Presents:

				Episode 312
	58:30 min.
	WSU Nuclear Radiation Center Tour
	by Donald Wall, Director, WSU Nuclear Radiation Center
	WSU’s Nuclear Radiation Center has been operating for many decades and facilitates tours for the public year-round. Join KWSU Media on this tour of the nuclear reactor within the Center. Learn about its functions, its safety mechanisms, the efficiency of fission and why the reactor glows a pretty blue while operating. Watch additional videos at KWSU Media .

Top Power Producers in the Northwest

The Northwest Power and Conservation website provides an interactive, Google-generated map that displays power plants and their output in the Northwest.  By selecting different energy projects such as; hydroelectric, wind power, coal projects, biomass, nuclear energy, and natural gas, the map will display the location and output of the plant.

 

Federal Report Critical of 5 Hanford Cleanup Projects

RICHLAND, WA - A report to Congress is highly critical of five major federal cleanup projects at the Hanford site. Correspondent Anna King explains.

New Management Takes Over at Hanford Tank Farms

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 RICHLAND, WA - At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington, 53 million gallons of radioactive goo are stored in unstable underground tanks near the Columbia River. This week, a new government contractor is taking over the job of managing that waste. Anna King explains.