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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Deal reached to address 2 leaking nuke waste tanks

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A deal to address two nuclear waste storage tanks that are leaking radioactive materials into the soil in Washington state was reached Thursday between the state and the U.S. Department of Energy.

The waste is left over from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Washington.

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