Nuclear Accidents 21 - Washington State Department of Health Monitors the Washington Coast.

              The Department of Health (DOH) for the State of Washington is responsible for protecting the public from environmental threats such as radioactive materials. They have a major presence at Hanford, monitoring the cleanup of the site and the operating Columbia Generation Station reactor that supplies about ten percent of the electricity to Washington residents and industries.

Nuclear Accidents 20 - Who Cleans Up and Who Pays for a Major U.S. Nuclear Accident

           In the event of a major nuclear accident at a nuclear power plant in the United States, the 1957 Price-Anderson Act limits the liability of the owners of the power plant where the accident occurred. Owners of nuclear power plants pay in to a Federal fund that is currently around twelve billion dollars. After an accident, damages will be paid to the public out of the fund for such things as injury, lost wages, hotel rooms required by evacuation, property replacement, etc.

Nuclear Reactors 56 - Columbia Generating Station in Washington State

           In the event of a major nuclear accident at a nuclear power plant in the United States, the 1957 Price-Anderson Act limits the liability of the owners of the power plant where the accident occurred. Owners of nuclear power plants pay in to a Federal fund that is currently around twelve billion dollars. After an accident, damages will be paid to the public out of the fund for such things as injury, lost wages, hotel rooms required by evacuation, property replacement, etc.

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