"A top Senate Democrat said the Energy secretary divulged during a phone call he’s “planning to curb” work at the sprawling Hanford site."
"Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Democratic Sen. Patty Murray that he’s looking to delay operations at a multibillion-dollar vitrification plant at the Hanford nuclear cleanup site in Washington state, despite public statements signaling otherwise, the senator said.
“Today, Secretary Wright admitted to me during a phone call that the Department of Energy is planning to curb hot commissioning at the Waste Treatment Plant at Hanford — an astonishingly senseless and destructive move and a threat to the entire nuclear cleanup mission at Hanford,” Murray said.
Wright, according to the senator, said he’s considering delaying completion of hot commissioning — or final testing — at the so-called Waste Treatment Plant, a final step before the facility begins turning radioactive waste into glass for disposal."
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