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Tunnel at plutonium finishing plant collapses in Hanford
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Posted on 05/09/2017 9:20:46 AM PDT by lancium

Hundreds of workers were in "take cover" position after a tunnel in a plutonium finishing plant collapsed in Hanford early Tuesday morning. The tunnel was full of highly contaminated materials such as hot radioactive trains that transport fuel rods.


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KEYWORDS: hanford; news; plutonium; thatcantbegood; washington
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To: lancium

Plant workers were advised to avoid eating and drinking. There is a double-secret code order to avoid breathing too.


21 posted on 05/09/2017 9:51:46 AM PDT by Thud
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To: lancium

And we are told that .gov can safely operate Yucca Mountain for 10,000 years.


22 posted on 05/09/2017 9:51:55 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: lancium

Hanford is a federal facility going all the way back to the Manhatten Project.

Had a friend who worked for a contractor that was decommissioning the older buildings on the reservation. All the work was being done with remotely controlled robots because of the heavy, heavy radioactivity. Nothing came offsite, just simply broken down, consolidated, packaged, and stored. When the radiation would finally finish off a robot, it was just abandoned in place and another one sent in to pickup where it stopped. He ultimately moved onto more interesting work, but the work will go on for. centuries.

The only plus side is that because of the reservation’s very restricted access and human avoidance of radioactivity, Hanford is a massive wildlife preserve like Chernobyl has become.


23 posted on 05/09/2017 9:52:10 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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https://twitter.com/SFrameK5/status/861982624008380416/photo/1


24 posted on 05/09/2017 9:52:10 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: lancium
Susannah Frame‏Verified account @SFrameK5 14m14 minutes ago Clarification: collapse at Hanford is connected to PUREX building – plutonium uranium extraction plant, not the plutonium finishing plant
25 posted on 05/09/2017 9:53:45 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: lancium

It’s a federal facility. The federal nuclear facilities have more problems than you can shake a stick at.

Guess who’s not regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission?


26 posted on 05/09/2017 9:55:58 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: lancium
Pretty sure after the feds step in we won’t hear anymore about it. Time to buy a geiger counter...

Send the EPA in to clean it up.

They've been at loose ends since they fixed the toxic waste problem at the Gold King Mine last August.....


27 posted on 05/09/2017 9:56:52 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Takeover - Have Big Families)
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To: lancium

I live in Washington state, but far upwind of Hanford.

Hanford has a long history of trouble.

Shelter in place instructions have been issued, and are very rare even at Hanford.

If it turns out that plutonium particles have escaped (possible, but not confirmed) then this could be the worst yet.


28 posted on 05/09/2017 9:57:13 AM PDT by EternalHope (Something wicked this way comes. Be ready.)
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To: Pride in the USA

hell no we are not safe...

I have done work at fernald plute plant, nerve and mustard gas bunkers, aberdeen proving ground..let it be sufficient to say many sites, not all are severely lacking in protocol, and the labs look like 3rd grade chemistry sets..failure on nerve gas bunkers can kill a good bit of the east coast..they probably wouldn’t tell anyone to avoid the panic..

here is a true story, a technician in my old company received a device colorimeter they used at aberdeen proving ground.there were no warnings etc, he opened the box and began working on the device, about an hour later his arm swole up and he was starting to have trouble breathing, rushed to the hospital, hospital said it looked like poisoning of some sort, so they called aberdeen, they said they could not comment, the affected tech almost died before an agent showed up with an injection, said nothing, gave him the shot and left...does that sound like a government you can feel safe about?


29 posted on 05/09/2017 9:57:15 AM PDT by aces (Got Jesus?)
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To: GOPJ
Hanford has four Nuc Plants in the picture below. All along the Columbia River. The plant in the far distance was the "breeder" reactor that made Plutonium used for the hydrogen bomb.

Standards in the 50s when this was started were poor compared to today. It is still one of the most dangerous sites in the US due that what was made there.


30 posted on 05/09/2017 9:57:58 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Pride in the USA

The Government wouldn’t say it was safe if it wasn’t, just ask John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dick Powell, and Karen Silkwood.


31 posted on 05/09/2017 10:01:30 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: KC Burke

The PFP is in the final stages of decommissioning. The buildings have been demolished and site restoration is ongoing.


32 posted on 05/09/2017 10:04:28 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: lancium
"The AP reports no workers were in the tunnel at the time of collapse. Workers at the site have now been evacuated. Workers farther away were told to remain indoors.

A manager sent a message to all personnel telling them to "secure ventilation in your building" and "refrain from eating or drinking."
http://www.king5.com/mb/news/local/hanford/hanford-tunnel-plutonium-uranium-extraction-plant-collapse/438116235

33 posted on 05/09/2017 10:08:30 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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They store hot train cars in a tunnel that is not reinforced?

Who thinks that is a good idea?


34 posted on 05/09/2017 10:10:18 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: lancium

Prayers


35 posted on 05/09/2017 10:10:56 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: KC Burke

http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/BReactor

This early picture shows no containment building...


36 posted on 05/09/2017 10:11:56 AM PDT by GOPJ (The liberal media is the thug arm of the Democrat Party.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yikes is right. Shut down this Fukishima industry ASAP.


37 posted on 05/09/2017 10:12:14 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: KC Burke
Plutonium dust is about as deadly a material as humans can come in contact with in such a situation. A single one micron dust particle lodged in a lung will kill you.

A micron is a measure of length. I will gladly ingest a micron of plutonium so long as there is no width nor depth involved.

38 posted on 05/09/2017 10:15:34 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Parroting fake news is highly profitable for some.)
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To: lancium
RadNet Air Data

"RadNet stationary air monitors transmit real-time measurements of gamma radiation each hour to EPA’s National Analytical Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL)."

Several stations around WA to monitor in the coming hours/days/weeks: Near-Real-Time and Laboratory Data by State

39 posted on 05/09/2017 10:25:47 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: lancium

This is a federal facility.


40 posted on 05/09/2017 10:25:48 AM PDT by shotgun
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