Aging Tank Containing Nuclear Waste at Savannah River Site Cracks

摘要

Savannah River Site officials recently discovered a new crack in a tank that contains some of the most dangerous nuclear waste in South Carolina, a state now embroiled in a tank cleanup dispute with the federal government. The cracked bin is not leaking atomic material, but its condition underscores the need to speed the cleanup of dozens of high-level waste tanks at SRS, state officials and environmentalists said. The aging Cold War-era tanks hold about 36 million gallons of the deadly waste.