It is the largest cleanup site in the entire world, and its complexity dwarfs anything we have ever done at any other Federal site.
Maria Cantwell: “It is the largest cleanup site in the entire world, and its complexity dwarfs anything we have ever done at any other…”
On the recordJune 15, 2015
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Cantwell emphasizes the scale and complexity of the Hanford cleanup site.
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