Post by Logan on May 4, 2016 1:46:34 GMT -6
Washington state’s attorney general is exploring further legal options to keep Hanford workers safe from chemical vapors, he said in a statement released early Tuesday evening.
The announcement came after a day when six more Hanford workers received medical evaluations for possible exposure to chemical vapors.
All were outside the tank farms, where radioactive waste left from the past processing of plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program are stored in underground tanks. The vapors are associated with the chemical portion of the waste.
They bring the number of workers being evaluated for possible exposure to chemical vapors since Thursday to 33.
Read more: www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article75460602.html
The announcement came after a day when six more Hanford workers received medical evaluations for possible exposure to chemical vapors.
All were outside the tank farms, where radioactive waste left from the past processing of plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program are stored in underground tanks. The vapors are associated with the chemical portion of the waste.
They bring the number of workers being evaluated for possible exposure to chemical vapors since Thursday to 33.
Read more: www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article75460602.html