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eppur_se_muova

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5. For all the numberical data in that post, the one thing that stood out for me ...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Fri Sep 2, 2022, 05:38 AM

Sep 2022

... was that 24 of the 28 storage tanks at Hanford are well within their designed lifespans, even updated for the current year. For all the hair-on-fire excitement I sometimes hear from anti-nuke activists, you'd think it was a zombie wasteland, with geysers of glowing green goo covering the landscape. In reality, it sounds messy, but manageable, and thankfully far from civilization, which was, of course, part of the plan from the very beginning.

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The Removal of Some Radionuclides from the Nuclear Weapon Waste Tanks at Hanford w/Titanate IE. [View all] NNadir Aug 2022 OP

Years ago I said the Hanford Site was a nature preserve... hunter Aug 2022 #1

Without having been there - although I'd love to go - I don't think Hanford approaches Chernobyl... NNadir Aug 2022 #2

I'm looking at the satellite images. Most of the Hanford Site is undeveloped. hunter Aug 2022 #3

I see your point. So much the better. If people are irrationally terrified of going to it... NNadir Aug 2022 #4

For all the numberical data in that post, the one thing that stood out for me ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2022 #5

Early on in my advocacy for nuclear energy, in the years when I realized that the Chernobyl event... NNadir Sep 2022 #6