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Some dark jokes on Hanford's serious nuclear waste problem

caption: Highway sign on a road entering the Hanford Site
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Highway sign on a road entering the Hanford Site
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Jeannie Yandel speaks with Northwest News Network reporter Anna King about the continued problem of cleaning up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Eastern Washington. The topic was in the news because John Oliver talked about the contaminated site on his satirical HBO show.

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