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and alarming discovery in our state slow nuclear site leaking single shelled
beings
the hanford site
and tonight concern not only about what we know but what we don't the public
really deserves now and that we what happening
from lawmakers the public interest advocates for the governor himself the
calls for action a ringing loud and clear the big questions tonight what
happens next at hanford and what kind of a long term impact could this talk
sickly capt
compressed october has been gathering reaction to the story for us tonight is
live in a satellite today with what is larger on
of the reading tonight guys pple
uh... people rather that we spoke to tonight say that they've had a lot of
concerns for years and now it's setting the stage for a showdown between
washington state
in washington d_c_
by guy got to tell you
you can find a more perfect radioactive store governor james we took the fed's
to task for the hundreds of gallons of radioactive sludge leaking it to hanford
nuclear facility and the fact that uh...
you know we've experienced leaks before should not in my view
the any excuse or license to get out of jail for the federal government the
federal government says there is no immediate threat to people from the
leaking tank
experts say the sludge may not make it to the columbia river that's little
comfort for long-time critics in this isn't the only issue at hanford where
we've got the potential for literally
pants profit prevent happening jerry paulette is an environmentalist with
heart of american northwest he's also a state representative
he's calling for more regulation and possibly new laws to contain him for his
one hundred seventy seven tanks
for action by the federal government need to have
planning underway for new tax others are concerned the leaks are signs of trouble
to calm can't take it back once the radioactive waste is there
it's their and i think that that is there's car perception on nuclear
definitely look rescue loved washed
aren't says that years of initiatives in public outcry still haven't stopped
environmental jamie anticipating that she says this is a wakeup call you know
we've yet to see that weekend story you clearly safely and
properly as for paul and he's going to keep pushing the state to apply pressure
on washington d_c_
he says too much is it whisk and there are still too many question we don't
know what will happen here
governance we made it very clear that the federal government needs to step up
and
fully explain what happened and also have
he's willing to go to court to get that done
there's also a little progress in d_c_ for budgeting for this cleanup that
could also camper any solution at all
by the satellite senator john have come upon thank you very much john the story
will continue to evolve over the next few weeks as we learn more information
will follow what every step of the way uncle fortis on come on his radio an
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