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DECEMBER 1, 2000

The Department of Energy on Thursday said removal of spent nuclear fuel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington will begin next week.

The DOE considers the cleanup high priority due to its close proximity to the Columbia River. For now, the waste will be stored in canisters on the site until transfer to a national repository which has not yet been built.

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Nuclear-fuel removal to begin at Hanford (AP 12/1)

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Relevant Links:
Revised tribal policy, Department of Energy - www.hanford.gov/doe/inp/proginfo.htm
Indian Nations Program, Hanford Site - www.hanford.gov/doe/inp/index.htm
Cultural and Historic Resource Pogram, Hanford Site - www.hanford.gov/doe/culres/native.html
Tribal Nations Involvement, Office of Environmental Management - www.em.doe.gov/em22/tribindx.html