What could go wrong? it's just plutonium
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Tunnel appears to collapses at Hanford nuclear waste site in Washington state
An unnamed source told NBC affiliate KING workers may have created a vibration that caused a nearby tunnel filled with highly contaminated material to collapse.
In an update, the Energy Department said that responders were on the scene and were reporting that the soil had “subsided” in an area approximately 4 feet by 4 feet over one of the tunnels next to the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Facility, also known as PUREX.
Washington Post
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
So it looks like the ony
So it looks like the ony standing between lots of plutonium waste and the outside air is about a foot of old concrete, some wood, and 8 feet of soil (now maybe 4 ft). Who needs to worry about North Korea's ICBM warheads when we can make our own atomic disaster?
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Alvarez cited a 1997 report, which said that the tunnel was 109.1 meters long, 6.7 meters high and 5.9 meters wide. First constructed decades ago, the walls are 14 inches thick and held up by pressure-treated Douglas fir timbers arranged side by side, the report said.They rest on reinforced concrete footings.
The tunnels are hundreds of feet long, with approximately eight feet of soil covering them, the Energy Department added.
Washington Post
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
ender says its safe.
ender says its safe.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: St. Mark
Hanford makes the other toxic
Hanford makes the other toxic cesspools in the Complex look like cupcake factories. Place is an absolute disaster.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _
>> ender says its safe.
>> ender says its safe.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
you did not say it was safe?
you did not say it was safe?
really?
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Dweezil played It Can't
Dweezil played It Can't Happen Here the other night... always makes me think of my B.I.L. who works at Diablo and says what happened at Fukishima can't happen at Diablo (even though they have the same types of generators for "backup" power).
Glad they're shutting that place down, but like San Onofre, where they gonna put the shit??
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lord Kalvert
Max are we driving through
Max are we driving through plutonium?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: long live the dead
Well, I was born in Richland
Well, I was born in Richland Washington in 1952 so I hope the environment explains some of my odd behaviors
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my dad worked at Hanford for several years and was involved with a small spill / accident in the lab
He's not as alert as he once was as he's going to be 101 in August
I told him about the tunnel collapsing tonight and he perked up for a second and said "I told them they were doing that wrong "
That helped me get him up out of bed so he could eat dinner
God damn I love that edwin guy
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
We're all doomed.
We're all doomed.
So...
GO TO THE SHOW!!!