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Hanford nuclear facility – a radioactive horror story

Paper: U.S. nuclear site “a true horror story” — Officials should be screaming at top of their lungs in outrage — “Problems could lead to explosions or nuclear reactions” #Hanford http://enenews.com/paper-u-s-nuclear-site-a-true-horror-story-officials-should-be-screaming-at-top-of-their-lungs-in-outrage-problems-could-lead-to-explosions-or-nuclear-reactions-hanford
Title: Time is of the essence at Hanford site
Source: Kingston Community News
Author: MARYLIN OLDS, Columnist
Date: June 6, 2013

[…] Hanford’s 56 million gallons of the most contaminated nuclear waste in the western hemisphere is a true horror story. […]
In February, officials announced that six single-shell tanks were leaking. These are not the first leaks; there have been decades of earth contamination. […]

Bechtel National is contracted by DOE to oversee the construction of a vitrification plant. Vitrification means processing the waste into glass logs […]
The decision was made to begin construction of the plant before the design had been vetted. Consequently, there are design problems that could lead to explosions or nuclear reactions. […]

Senators Murray and Cantwell, et al., should be screaming at the tops of their lungs in outrage. Instead, it appears it’s up to us to make our voices heard. Surely they’d all want to hear from their constituents.

See also: ‘Amazing’: Plutonium leak at U.S. nuclear site hidden from public — Official: “A very deliberate cover up… I will use the word that we were lied to” (VIDEO)

June 10, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general