Feds push back after WA rejects plan touted for faster Hanford nuclear cleanup

The Department of Energy is pushing back after Washington state rejected a proposal to expand grouting of low-activity radioactive waste at Hanford, arguing that without this alternative treatment pathway it cannot meet legal tank retrieval milestones and may be forced to halt cleanup operations.

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