DOE agrees quake poses Hanford waste plant leak threat

摘要

The Energy Department has acknowl­edged concerns raised by an independent safety oversight board that an earth­quake could damage the emissions con­finement and ventilation system for the massive nuclear waste processing plant being built at DOE’s Hanford site, poten­tially resulting in “unfiltered” radioac­tive releases from the facility, IHS The Energy Daily has learned.