Underground Nuclear Waste Pond Resists Thawing Efforts
The Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN); March 7, 2005 OAK RIDGE — The big chill is over. The big thaw has begun. Federal contractors last year pulled the plug on an environmental project that for seven years kept a pond of nuclear waste in a frozen state. The project was designed to stop radioactive pollutants from migrating into nearby streams and ultimately into downstream reservoirs used for recreation and drinking supplies. It was an interim measure until …
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