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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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hanford; news; plutonium; thatcantbegood; washington
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41 posted on 05/09/2017 10:27:54 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: The_Media_never_lie

Hmmmmmm. one micron = 39 millionths of an inch???


42 posted on 05/09/2017 10:28:16 AM PDT by OregonRancher (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
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To: lancium

Interesting and disturbing. A quick google search shows the same plant had a leak of liquid nuclear waste from a holding tank. This happened April 16, 2016.

It was noted that this particular tank was failing since 2011. Following the 2016 incident the DOE’s reaction was ...

The U.S. Department of Energy released a statement Monday calling the leak an “anticipated” outcome of an ongoing effort to empty the tank in question. The Washington state Department of Ecology said, “There is no indication of waste leaking into the environment or risk to the public at this time.”

http://www.king5.com/news/local/investigations/catastrophic-event-at-hanford-prompts-emergency-response/140990679


43 posted on 05/09/2017 10:30:31 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: GOPJ

They used graphite core in the reactor building. None of the old federal reactors were constructed with modern containment buildings. This was similar to the soviet era reactors. The difference was Soviet reactor scientist were allowed to experiment with their reactors by pushing them to new limits which is what happened at Chernobyl.

American reactors were designed to operate to produce nuclear weapons grade materials and there was no need to experiment or play around with them as if they were a giant physics lab.


44 posted on 05/09/2017 10:34:49 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: lancium
BREAKING NEWS...

Nuclear operator being sought for possible incompetence - developing....


45 posted on 05/09/2017 10:52:07 AM PDT by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
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To: Captain Rhino
"All the work was being done with remotely controlled robots because of the heavy, heavy radioactivity. "

I saw a program a while ago about how they built the dome for the Chernobyl reactor. They equipped the dome with robots that would, over time, disassemble the reactor.

46 posted on 05/09/2017 10:55:06 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Flick Lives

Hanford has several underground liquid waste storage tanks. They area all failing. They can’t just pump them out because they have no place to put that material. That is why they are building the Vitrification Plant that will turn this stuff to glass.


47 posted on 05/09/2017 10:55:39 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: gunsequalfreedom
Yikes is right. Shut down this Fukishima industry ASAP.


48 posted on 05/09/2017 11:28:16 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: shotgun
"Hanford has several underground liquid waste storage tanks. They area all failing. They can’t just pump them out because they have no place to put that material. That is why they are building the Vitrification Plant that will turn this stuff to glass."

Hanford Vitrification Plant


49 posted on 05/09/2017 11:31:54 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: OregonRancher

Small measure of length.


50 posted on 05/09/2017 12:13:55 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Parroting fake news is highly profitable for some.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Five mile no fly zone now in place over the site.


51 posted on 05/09/2017 1:06:03 PM PDT by TimeofReason
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To: mass55th

Hi - I wonder if it’s the one to be shown tonight here on PBS - Atlanta PBA... Looks interesting. Is it currently being built or old? I made a note so I wouldn’t forget it. HA - watch me forget it!

http://www.pba.org/schedule/wpba-protrac-schedule/#page=schedule&day=20170509&provider=Broadcast


52 posted on 05/09/2017 1:08:48 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

Sorry - looks current..pardon my dumb question. Also looks interesting...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3546072/Inside-Chernobyl-nuclear-dome-Giant-construction-high-London-s-St-Paul-s-Cathedral-designed-enclose-Ukrainian-reactor-stop-radiation-leaking-environment.html


53 posted on 05/09/2017 1:12:41 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: TimeofReason

Seriously?


54 posted on 05/09/2017 1:17:51 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Thank You Rush

Yes, that looks like it’s the same program. It was first aired in the UK on December 21, 2016, so it’s fairly recent.


55 posted on 05/09/2017 1:35:15 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: TimeofReason

Official news release speaks of a 20 by 20 feet section of soil that’s sunk.

There are some tweets from this reporter at “OregonLive/Portland Oregonian”.

https://twitter.com/SMatsumoto55


56 posted on 05/09/2017 1:41:24 PM PDT by Nextrush (Freedom is everybody's business: Remember Pastor Niemoller)
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To: lancium

This is a BIG problem


57 posted on 05/09/2017 1:42:10 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta (`)
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To: mass55th

Was it good? Hold your attention? The articles about the dome online are certainly interesting...


58 posted on 05/09/2017 1:42:26 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

The Conqueror......

John Wayne .... Susan Hayward .....at the atomic cafe.


59 posted on 05/09/2017 1:47:25 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Thank You Rush

It was a very good documentary. I know I didn’t fall asleep while I was watching it.


60 posted on 05/09/2017 1:53:05 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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