Worst Hanford tank may be leaking into soil

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12. I'd say both since there's also an active nuclear plant there

Though it avoids using the term 'nuclear' in its name.

http://www.afd-pdx.org/columbia-generating-station.html

The Columbia Generating Station (CGS), previously known as WPPSS #2, is the Pacific Northwest’s only remaining nuclear power plant. Its GE Mark II design is very similar to the three reactors that melted down in Fukushima, Japan in March 2011. The CGS nuclear plant has the same flaws in its design that allowed radiation to escape containment in Fukushima. These flaws include a containment vessel that is too small. a waste storage fuel pool that is built five stories above ground, and a faulty design allowing hydrogen to build up inside posing a threat of explosion. It also produces 50,000 pounds of highly radioactive waste each year with no off site treatment or storage solution in sight.


Also, this is in an earthquake zone with dams upstream, raising the possibility of a "man-made tsunami:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x653404