NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON STATE : 127 Accidents Cited at A-Plant Since ’43
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
There have been 127 significant accidents involving nuclear weapons production at the Hanford nuclear reservation since 1943, according to an Energy Department report. Fourteen of the accidents were in the most serious category, with the last major accident occurring in 1980, said the report, which is to be released today. Most of the accidents listed involved facilities that are no longer in use, and only eight have occurred since 1980.
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