Leak worsens in massive Hanford tank holding nuclear waste

Image: A photo from April 17, 2016 shows liquid covering the floor of the space between the inner and outer shells of a massive tank holding nuclear waste at the Hanford Site in eastern Washington. The tank has been leaking since at least October 2011. (Photo: KING)

king5.com - April 18th 2016 - Susannah Frame

A leak in a massive nuclear waste storage tank at the Hanford Site has expanded significantly, KING 5 learned this weekend.

After leak detector alarms sounded early Sunday morning, crews at Hanford lowered a camera into the two-foot-wide space between the tank's inner and outer walls. They discovered 8.4 inches of radioactive and chemically toxic waste has seeped into the annulus.

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