State and top fed official at odds over Hanford high level radioactive waste

[TexasTowelie]

RICHLAND, WA -- A top Department of Energy official is fighting what he says are misconceptions about a new policy on which Hanford and other nuclear weapons complex waste must be treated and disposed of to the stringent standards required for high level radioactive waste.

The DOE undersecretary for science, Paul Dabbar, said as of now there is no change proposed for waste handled as high level at Hanford.

“We’re proposing nothing here,” he said. “We don’t have any plans to propose anything in Washington state.”

But key state of Washington officials are not buying his explanation.

Read more: https://www-1.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article231846798.html
(Tacoma News Tribune)

[RainCaster]

1. I grew up there-- I can't let our government turn it to a waste site

There are 100,000+ people there who call that place home. We CANNOT let this become a toxic waste dump. Our government created this mess to finalize WW2. Now they need to clean up that mess.