If the federal government is going to treat Hanford tank waste, there is no cheaper way to do it than to do it now. All the bright ideas in the world will not reduce the cost of the program if they take years or decades to implement. Lastly, the citizens of the Northwest must commit to ensuring that DOE fulfills its responsibility and keeps the tank waste treatment program on track. The time when another false start or failure is an acceptable program outcome is past. DOE's current approach to tank waste treatment is a last chance effort.
Failure is unacceptable.
It would likely leave the Northwest with 177 waste tanks rotting in the desert and leaking wastes toward the Columbia River. He is widely regarded as an expert on the Hanford tank waste cleanup project.