Environmental impact of nuclear power

Workers Plug Hole In Collapsed Tunnel At US Nuclear Site

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Workers on Wednesday began to plug a hole inside a collapsed tunnel at a nuclear site in the western US state of Washington where an emergency was declared and thousands of workers placed on lockdown. Federal officials said approximately 50 truckloads of soil will be used to fill the hole in the tunnel at the … Read more

Tunnel Collapses At US Nuke Site, No Radiation Leak

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Hundreds of workers at a nuclear site in the US state of Washington were ordered to take cover Tuesday after a storage tunnel filled with contaminated material partially collapsed, but there was no indication of a radioactive leak. Employees at the sprawling Hanford Site plant, located about 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, were … Read more