July 24, 2005
Hanford Shipments Stopped

Shipments from Ohio to Hanford have been stopped:


As DOE was collecting information and data owed to the state as part of the legal discovery process, errors were found in the section of the study that analyzed possible effects on ground water beneath the waste disposal area, according to a DOE announcement Friday.

"As of today, we do not have sufficient information to determine if the data in question will significantly alter the conclusions of the (study)," said Charles Anderson, DOE's principal deputy assistant secretary for environmental management, in a prepared statement.

Posted by John Fleck at July 24, 2005 06:39 PM