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"I look forward to reviewing this framework and receiving a full briefing from DOE, and I remain committed to ensuring that DOE provides a full, detailed plan for comprehensively addressing the complicated challenges we still face," Murray said. At the height of World War II, the federal government created Hanford to build the atomic bomb. Today, it is the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, with cleanup expected to last decades. The effort
-- at a price tag of about $2 billion annually -- has cost taxpayers $40 billion to date and is estimated to cost $115 billion more. The most challenging task so far has been the removal of highly radioactive waste from the 177 aging, underground tanks and construction of a plant to treat that waste. ___ Information from: Tri-City Herald,
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