Are Contaminants Harming Salmon Near Hanford Nuclear Reservation?
Date Posted: August 25, 2000 The Service’s Upper Columbia River Basin Field Office in Spokane, Washington is currently working with the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct laboratory studies assessing the effects of chromium contamination on threatened and endangered runs of salmon and trout. The information collected during these studies will assist the Hanford Natural Resource Trustee Council (HNRTC) in evaluating contaminant threats to fish at the 100 Area, one of four Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund (NPL) sites, on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. This is the HNRTCﾒs first set of focused studies to assess the effects of 100 Area contaminants on aquatic resources of the Columbia River. Past operations of nine nuclear reactors at the 100 Area NPL site resulted in the production and disposal of large quantities of wastes and widespread contamination of soils, groundwater, and the Columbia River. Hexavalent chromium is one of the major contaminants of concern. Chromium wa
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