'Historic Settlement' Reached over Worker Safety at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site

摘要

The federal government will pay $925,000 and improve worker safety to settle a lawsuit over exposure to chemical vapors at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that the U.S. Department of Energy will test new technology to capture and destroy dangerous vapors that escape from nuclear waste storage tanks. He says the settlement represents a major win for workers who have been getting sick for years.