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Eugene blasted
Quarterback Sean Sehlin of the Pierre l'.minty (\ Wish. I Henyels rushes through e tliii k
et of defenders from the lilast. Undone's first semi-pro font hell teem in more then JO
veers The liengals went on to u in the #mtie 20-0. ple\ed nt Merist High Si hnol on Set
urdey. making Hugene's record 0-2
1'hoto by Scan I’ostnn
Hanford hydrogen gas tank ‘burps’
(Al‘) Tin; I lanford mu lear
reservation radioactive waste
storage tank considered most at
likeh tn explode lias belched
more hydrogen gas. dropping
the waste level about a mi lies,
ollit iids said Monil.w
Scientists had predicted tank
101 -SY would fill with hydro
gen .mil then shoot the gas
through its ventilation svstem
sometime in August
Westinghouse Hanford (ho
officials said Mondav alternoon
the tank vented at 5: it) a m
Sunday
No environmental contami
nation occurred, the company
said The gas is released
through filters that trap any ra
dioac tivitv. i onipativ offit ials
have said
Westinghouse workers now
are preparing to take a sample
ol the tank's contents white
seeking to eliminate the explo
sion risk, said Mike Berrioehon
ut U estinghouse
"That's why we waited until
after the burping so we didn't
risk running into a hydrogen
bubble.’' Herriochoa said
Westinghouse manages the
tanks fur the Department ot t.n
erg\ The tanks contain wastes
from the proilui turn ot plutoni
uni for hydrogen bombs
Earlier this year. Hanford of
fit nils said a buildup ot hydro
gen ammonia and nitrous ox
ide in JO ot the 177 waste stor
age tanks had the potential to
i ause ,i fire or explosion
Mitigation efforts bate been
stymied by a lack ot knowledge
about .ill of the complex chemi
cal reactions occurring inside
the tanks
Ron Bliss, Westinghouse vice
president tor waste manage
menl, saiit last week the com
pans planned to insert a probe
into tank 101 SY soon to gather
waste samples that will take
months to analyze
Venting has been occurring
about every eight weeks and
dates from l'lT'l. Uestmghouse
said t he last venting occurred
in April, when tiie peak inn
i entration of gas moving
through the ventilation system
was t -1 pen ent
Idle peak Sunday was 1 1
pen ent, well below the approx
imately a pen ent that Knergy
Department off it nils have said
would he flammable
Ihe sample is taken at the
venting point however, no! be
neath the waste where the In
drogen buildup occ urs
Venting caused the waste in
the tank to drop from a depth ol
■tlti inches to about 111 inches
bv Sunday evening
lank 101 SY is believed to
contains the greatest hydrogen
buildup bee ause it has the
greatest fluctations in waste
depth
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