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© Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Tunnel with nuclear waste collapses in Washington state
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS SPOKANE, Wash.©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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CrazyJoe
Get Perry, Pruitt and Trump out there with shovels and let's see what they say about the environment then!
nandakandamanda
Only 8 feet of soil on top of the tunnels? Absolutely unbelievable.
jcapan
"U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry was briefed on the incident"
And thank heavens, we can all rest easy now, with this absolute moron on the job. He makes Trump look Churchillian.
inkochi
Sometimes saying 'They should have known' or 'I told you so' becomes SOOOOOO redundant.
Toasted Heretic
Ferguson said that since the early 1980s, hundreds of workers have been exposed to vapors escaping from the tanks and that those breathing the vapors developed nosebleeds, chest and lung pain, headaches, coughing, sore throats, irritated eyes and difficulty breathing.
They would say that, though, wouldn't they? Depressing.
gonemad
Most of the waste deposit tunnels at Hanford are now operated by more than twice the time they were designed for. One of the workers at Hanford reported a stability problem with the exact tunnel which has broken now back in 2011. Obviously nobody cared. Does that sound familiar to anybody?