Hanford nuclear facility a far greater threat to the West Coast than Fukushima … Here’s why

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<p>‘Altho gh m ch atte tio has bee foc se o the threat pose to the U.S. West Coast by ra ioactivity from the 2011 F k shima isaster, a eve greater threat has go e largely ig ore , war s clear historia Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace I stit te.</p>
<p>That threat is the Ha for Site, which sits j st 400 yar s from the Col mbia River i easter Washi gto . Ha for co tai s two-thir s of the high-level ra ioactive waste (by vol me) i the U ite States, a has bee leaki g for eca es.</p>
<p>“While ra iatio from the F k shima clear melt ow s is reachi g the West Coast, carrie across the ocea from Japa , the ra iatio from Ha for is alrea y there, has bee there for 70 years, a is i serio s risk of catastrophe that co l warf the effects of F k shima eve o Japa ,” Jacobs writes i a article for Co ter P ch.’</p>
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