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03/01/2018 / By David Williams

Radioactive isotopes of plutonium escaped demolition zone of bomb-making plant; workers test positive for exposure

News coverage regarding a recent Hanford incident wherein an extremely dangerous demolition job took place has been plentiful, but no workers that were on-site when it happened have come out to share any of their stories to the press. Until now, that is. For the first time, a Hanford worker – under the promise of […]

05/12/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Plutonium processing tunnel collapses at Hanford nuclear facility in Washington

Nuclear experts have called it “an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen,” and now the Hanford Nuclear Reservation 200 miles outside of Seattle has gone into lockdown after a tunnel filled with highly contaminated nuclear waste collapsed. Around 4,800 people working there were instructed to either evacuate or take cover. As the situation intensified, they were […]

05/09/2017 / By Mike Adams

Hanford nuclear site tunnel collapse leads to mass evacuation, “radiological contamination” and FAA air space ban

A tunnel used to shuttle hot fuel rods around the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Seattle, WA has suffered a catastrophic structural failure followed by a partial collapse of about 400 square feet of its roof. The tunnel is widely reported as being “full of highly contaminated materials,” according to local news channel King 5. For […]

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