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What an incoming Trump administration could mean for Hanford clean-up

President Donald Trump's administration will have to face one of our state's thorniest environmental problems: 56 million gallons of radioactive sludge warehoused in southeast Washington. This toxic mess has been leaching into the soil for decades.

Northwest Public Broadcasting’s Anna King joins forces with Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay to explain what makes this problem so difficult to fix.

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Jeanie Lindsay is a state government reporter for KNKX and KUOW. She previously covered education for The Seattle Times and Indiana Public Broadcasting.
Anna King is a senior correspondent for Northwest Public Broadcasting. She calls Richland, Washington home and loves unearthing great stories about people in the Northwest.