Today's Technology Cleaning Up WWII Waste

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By Chelsea Kopta

Summary

The same Blue Tooth technology you use to chat up your friends is now being used out at Hanford to find and clean up the dangerous fuels buried out at the area.

Story Published: Feb 10, 2009 at 6:45 PM PST

RICHLAND -- A thumbs up is always good. But around one of the most highly radioactive sites it's a life saver.

"We're working some of the kinks out but so far it looks promising."

Those workers are signaling dirt in the excavator is clear of spent nuclear fuel. They know that because of new technology called CRATER.

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