Hanford News: Perma-Fix proposes treating Hanford PCB waste - 0 views
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Energy Net on 29 Mar 09Hanford may have found an efficient way to treat several hundred drums of low-level radioactive waste contaminated with hazardous chemicals and PCBs. Perma-Fix Northwest Richland has applied for a modification of its permit that would allow it to treat waste contaminated with PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, at its facility that now treats low-level waste mixed with other chemicals. A public hearing is planned at 6:30 p.m. April 7 at the Washington State Department of Ecology office at 3100 Port of Benton Blvd., Richland. CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co., the new central Hanford contractor, has 110 cubic yards of waste containing PCBs with no previous plan for its disposal. There is no technology available on the Hanford site to treat the waste, said Dee Millikin, spokeswoman for CH2M Hill.