尽管花费了数十亿美元处置和稳定液态放射性废物,但清理位于华盛顿州汉福德的前核生产基地储罐的泄漏仍将需要几十年的时间。25年前,美国停止生产核武器并开始清理庞大的冷战武器设施。如今,美国能源部(以下简称能源部)的这些举措已经取得了显著成效。例如,位于科罗拉多州的洛基弗拉茨厂已恢复成为野生动物保 Despite spending billions of dollars to dispose of and stabilize liquid radioactive waste, it will take decades to clean up the spill of a storage tank at a former nuclear plant in Hanford, Washington. Twenty-five years ago, the United States stopped producing nuclear weapons and began to clean up huge cold-war weaponry. Today, the United States Department of Energy (hereinafter referred to as the Department of Energy) these initiatives have achieved remarkable results. For example, the Rocky Flats, Colorado, plant has been restored to wildlife protection