Storied nuke plant becomes environmental wasteland
Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 10:00
in Earth & Climate
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- A stainless steel tank the size of a basketball court lies buried in the sandy soil of southeastern Washington state, an aging remnant of U.S. efforts to win World War II. The tank holds enough radioactive waste to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. And it is leaking....