Oregon Joins Washington in Hanford Lawsuit

NWPR 02/26/09

Oregon is joining the state of Washington in a lawsuit over clean-up at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The two states allege the federal government is falling decades behind in its goal to clean up radioactive waste. It was left behind from plutonium production during World War Two and the Cold War. Oregon Attorney General John Kroger says even though the plant is in Washington state, waste leaking out of the site could end up in Oregon

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