tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786783108846468976.post6026041138496700088..comments2024-03-03T02:40:44.015-06:00Comments on The Hemlock Tea Room and Ladies' Emporium: HANFORD NUCLEAR FACILITY FALLING APART. RADIATION LEAKING FOR DECADES.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786783108846468976.post-89056285247124587832014-03-26T11:46:33.444-05:002014-03-26T11:46:33.444-05:00Leaking Strontium-90 is “boiling the material arou...Leaking Strontium-90 is “boiling the material around it” at U.S. nuclear site — Eating through tank liners...“It’s been known for over 50 years at Hanford that high heat loads at the bottom of tanks cause them to leak and crack. This is not unknown,” said Alvarez.<br />KING 5 has found that on October 9, 2011, when an alarm sounded to alert the monitoring staff that -– for the first time ever -- one of 28 double-shell tanks holding the worst waste at Hanford might be leaking nuclear waste, the shift manager on duty couldn’t find the ARP that would give detailed information about what to do. The manager hand wrote in his log book that the tank’s leak detection system “is in alarm,” but he is “unable to find ARP”<br />The contents of AY-102 will eat through the secondary tank liner -– the final barrier between the toxic sludge and the environment — faster than any other material at the site.<br />http://www.krem.com/news/northwest-news/207043831.htmlWaninahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05714851314831283910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786783108846468976.post-86819555134537888072014-03-26T11:28:36.926-05:002014-03-26T11:28:36.926-05:00Meanwhile, the Energy Department recently notified...Meanwhile, the Energy Department recently notified Washington and Oregon that it may miss two upcoming deadlines to empty some single-shell tanks and, amid the technical problems, to complete construction on a key part of the plant to handle some of the worst waste.<br />"WORST WASTE"?<br />WHAT IS WORSE THAN ALMOST 150 LEAKING TANKS OF RADIOACTIVE SLUDGE?<br />WHAT IS WORSE THAN A CONTAMINATED RIVER, CONTAMINATED HUMANS?<br />MAYBE WE'LL FIND THAT OUT IN ANOTHER 50 YEARS?Waninahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05714851314831283910noreply@blogger.com