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Nuclear meltdown in Hanford Washington

wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
Anyone else hear about it?

Live Stream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQuYkaG--Kg
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    not sure it is a meltdown


    http://q13fox.com/2017/05/09/hanford-tunnel-collapse-nuclear-waste/
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A contaminated tunnel in a shuttered plutonium processing facility collapsed. There is a risk of wind blown contaminates which with plutonium is obviously something that needs to be watched, but this is not, was not, and has no possibility of becoming, a meltdown.
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  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I copied and pasted the headline from that site. Can you say, "Sensationalism"?
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    I've been out there in the past. It's quite literally in the middle of no where.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    But this is a reminder that I need to get a battery for my Geiger counter.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Technically there is a possibility of meltdown. I remember years ago when they were shutting down Rocky Flats in Colorado. There was some amount of uranium trapped in the ducts that they were trying to figure out how to clean up. They couldn't just flush it out with water because uranium (and plutonium) will start to fission when a critical amount comes in close proximity. What made it worse is that using water would actually create a neutron barrier that would effectively reduce the critical mass needed for fission to start. The process would still generate tremendous heat (just not an explosion) that would start melting the floor, ground, etc...
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We have manufactured some equipment for the clean-up efforts over the years. Some of it is used for a matter of hours and is then buried because of contamination levels.

    They bury excavators and dump trucks constantly as they become too radioactive for operators to use.

    It is a true mess with billions being spent every year to clean up and there is really no end in sight.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If there was a "Chernobyl Event" out there they would have evacuated Yakima (where I live) and the Tri Cities area. No radiation was leaked. Just a tunnel collapse.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Too bad we must store nuclear waste onsite at the reactors, since Yucca Mountain was shut off by The Big Liar & Harry Reid.

    Some day, some where, there is going to be a meltdown in the US. Equipment wears out, stuff breaks, & people mess up.

    Neal
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  • AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    Too bad we must store nuclear waste onsite at the reactors, since Yucca Mountain was shut off by The Big Liar & Harry Reid.

    Some day, some where, there is going to be a meltdown in the US. Equipment wears out, stuff breaks, & people mess up.

    Neal




    Three Mile Island?
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    but....but.... it is cleaner than coal
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  • EVILDR235EVILDR235 Member Posts: 4,398 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I looked out my back door this afternoon and all the corn in my field was popping. I wonder what that means ?

    Washington resident.
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