Schedule puts cleanup workers at risk, report claims
An accelerated cleanup schedule has endangered worker safety and health at the Hanford nuclear waste complex in Washington state, according to a report by the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit group that represents some Hanford workers in legal actions.
The state attorney general's office is studying charges arising from the report, according to an article in The New York Times. According to the report, there were 45 incidents from 2002 through the middle of last year in which 67 workers required medical attention because they were exposed to toxic vapors from underground tanks.