Leakage reported in six underground nuclear waste tanks in US

February 23, 2013 21:32

Radioactive leaks have been reported in at least six underground nuclear waste tanks in one of the most contaminated nuclear site on earth - in northwestern US state of Washington - raising concerns about delays in emptying the ageing tanks.

However the Governor of Washington State, Jay Inslee, who said that there is no immediate or near-term health risk associated with these newly discovered leaks, which are more than five miles from the Columbia River.

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