"There are . . . 57 barrels of nuclear waste currently stored . . . ."
Posted on 05/20/2014 5:54:58 AM PDT by Kartographer
Los Alamos National Laboratory packed 57 barrels of nuclear waste with a type of kitty litter believed to have caused a radiation leak at the federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump, posing a potentially "imminent" and "substantial" threat to public health and the environment, New Mexico officials said Monday.
State Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn issued a formal order giving the lab two days to submit a plan for securing the waste containers, many of which are likely stored outdoors on the lab's northern New Mexico campus or at temporary site in west Texas.
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"There are . . . 57 barrels of nuclear waste currently stored . . . ."
Actually, Laz, clay kitty litter, or if you prefer, oil-dry, is a great absorbent. It is used in containers to take care of residual moisture, to ‘mitigate’ possibility of free standing water. Personally, I would have suggested dry cement. That works well too.
Bottom line, there are regs for free-water content. An absorbent of some kind is a prudent addition to the package. Not sure why they decided to go with an organic based absorbent, beyond not being ‘in the loop’ that the clay based version had been replaced.
Absorbent Used in Kitty Litter May Be Cause of Radiation Leaks at WIPP
Who authorized EnergySolutions to switch
or did they do it to SAVE THE EARTH ?
I would watch that movie!
Oh just treat it with solvated electron technology and throw it off the end of the runway up ther....:o)
It’ll be juuuuust fine !
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