Nuclear news - 10/04/2014

5 more Hanford nuclear plant workers evaluated for vapors

KGW,

3 October, 2014

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) - Five more clean-up workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation have been evaluated for symptoms related to vapors from waste storage tanks.

Energy Department contractor Washington River Protection Solutions says one was working near two tank farms Thursday and another who smelled odors Wednesday experience symptoms overnight and reported them Thursday.

In addition, three other employees who did not report symptoms were evaluated Thursday as a precaution. All returned to work.

Dozens of Hanford workers have been evaluated this year for possible exposure to chemical vapors from the waste held in Hanford's underground tanks.

See also - Washington state taking legal action on Hanford

Gov. Jay Inslee announced late Friday that the state will file a motion in federal court in its ongoing dispute with the U.S Department of Energy over cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear-weapons production site. The Energy Department said it would also seek to amend a court order to clean up the tank waste.

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