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COLUMBIA (AP) - Workers have found a small leak in one of the oldest radioactive waste tanks at the Savannah River Site.
Westinghouse Savannah River Company spokesman Dean Campbell says the leak dried up and plugged itself and caused no immediate health or environmental concerns.
Campbell says the leak in the nearly 50-year-old tank at the site near Aiken was found Monday.
The underground tank holds about 191-thousand gallons of sludge from Cold War bomb-making and was scheduled to be emptied next year.
Officials say the tank has leaked three times before.
Mark Hiner, Assignment Editor
Updated: 10/5/2005 9:42:22 PM
Associated Press"
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COLUMBIA (AP) - Workers have found a small leak in one of the oldest radioactive waste tanks at the Savannah River Site.
Westinghouse Savannah River Company spokesman Dean Campbell says the leak dried up and plugged itself and caused no immediate health or environmental concerns.
Campbell says the leak in the nearly 50-year-old tank at the site near Aiken was found Monday.
The underground tank holds about 191-thousand gallons of sludge from Cold War bomb-making and was scheduled to be emptied next year.
Officials say the tank has leaked three times before.
Mark Hiner, Assignment Editor
Updated: 10/5/2005 9:42:22 PM
Associated Press"
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