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What we know about the escaped radioactive contamination at Hanford

caption: The Plutonium Finishing Plant in Richland Washington
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The Plutonium Finishing Plant in Richland Washington
Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy

Marcie Sillman talks to Anna King, Northwest News Network's Richland correspondent, about the radioactive contamination that was found on six workers and fourteen cars around the Plutonium Finishing Plant in Richland Washington.

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