U.S. DOE To Change Classification of Hanford’s High-Level Nuclear Waste, State Officials Say Abandons Cleanup Obligations
The Trump Administration Thursday said it will change the definition of high-level waste stored at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and other nuclear waste sites across the country, “opening the door for the federal government to walk away from its obligation to clean up millions of gallons of toxic, radioactive waste at Hanford,” say Washington State officials.