Nuclear reservation treating more groundwater than ever
A nuclear reservation in Hanford, Wash. has been treating groundwater at a record pace, according to KUOW.
Just in the month of November the pumping stations have produced a record 100 million gallons of treated groundwater, which would fill more than 150 Olympic-size swimming pools, stated the article.
“We've been able to introduce new resins, we've upgraded previous systems and now we're building new ones,” said Dee Millikin, the spokeswoman for Hanford contractor CH2M HILL. “So, all of those will be able to find efficiencies that will reduce lifetime operations costs.”
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On the Web:
CH2M HILL press release:
http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/RecordGWTreated2011.pdf
Project information:
http://www.plateauremediation.hanford.gov/
Copyright 2011 Northwest Public Radio
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=143231305&ft=3&f=143231305
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Copyright 2011 Northwest Public Radio
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://kuow.org/northwestnews.php?storyID=143231305 |
Source of information | Watertechonline - Copyright 2011 Northwest Public Radio |
Keyword(s) | groundwater |
Subject(s) | ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , NATURAL MEDIUM , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.hanford.gov/news.cfm/DOE/RecordGWTreated2011.pdf |
Geographical coverage | n/a |
News date | 07/12/2011 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |