About 400,000 gallons have been pumped out of the basin so far, which is the equivalent of six residential swimming pools, said Heather Dale, DOE Hanford assistant manager for the river and plateau.

In the planned 13-minute-long transfer, Hanford officials had expected to remove 200 to 300 pounds of sludge from the basin. Instead, the transfer moved 650 pounds, he said.

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RICHLAND — Workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation are making big strides in cleaning up the highly radioactive K West Basin, filled with waste from the production of atomic weapons. Hanford ...

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RICHLAND - Workers at south-central Washington’s Hanford nuclear reservation have finished vacuuming radioactive sludge from one of two basins near the Columbia River.

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About 400,000 gallons have been pumped out of the basin so far, which is the equivalent of six residential swimming pools, said Heather Dale, DOE Hanford assistant manager for the river and plateau.

About 400,000 gallons have been pumped out of the basin so far, which is the equivalent of six residential swimming pools, said Heather Dale, DOE Hanford assistant manager for the river and plateau.

About 400,000 gallons have been pumped out of the basin so far, which is the equivalent of six residential swimming pools, said Heather Dale, DOE Hanford assistant manager for the river and plateau.