Over a quarter million metric tons of undisposed radioactive wastes, sea floor littered with leaking containers, no solutions in sight. The government? Build more reactors. Pay for them, too.
You know the only reason why the government owned up to Hanford was the increased rates of thyroid cancer in kids my age downwind from the site (eastern WA, ID, western MT). I met a lot of people my age who had a scar on their neck from having their thyroid removed when they were 11 or 12; I stopped asking about after the first couple because by then when I saw it I knew they were a "downwinder."
There were dozens if not hundreds of "accidental" releases of radioactive gasses from the Hanford breeder reactors while the place was operational; the government covered them all up until the effects became too great to ignore.
I'm presently posting this link on Facebook because the site is polluted with nuclear energy ads. And people seem largely clueless about it...I know I have one small voice on this topic, but I'm raising it.
A lot of research had to have gone into composing this amazing writing! Well done, Sir! I live in Eastern North Carolina so, as soon as I finish this note I’m going to look up how many Nuclear Reactors there are in my state. Thank you so much for the care and concern to have shared this tremendous piece of urgent information.
I've long held the position that nuclear fission reactors for domestic power were a bad idea, but the research for this article took about a month. On Facebook, I consistently posted links to this article in the comments section of NEI ads, one of Facebooks top advertisers, and they booted me.
But every word of it is true, and it seems no one wants to hear it. Fusion may be a different story, I guess we'll see. Thank you for your kind remarks
Because Gato Malo had a conniption fit about Germany shutting down nuclear power plants, and because nobody reads what I write. For the most part. Including the damn cat.
40 years ago I was stationed at a special weapons storage facility. We had what was described as the remains from the Manhattan Project. It was piles of rusting and degraded drums that we stayed far away from. There were also lots of stacks of degrading drums of chemical agents, one of which was Agent Orange. The information on the contamination is public record. The site is one of the Superfund sites that nothing is being done about.
The Camp LeJeune contamination is news because of the number of Marines that were poisoned. It’s not the only base that’s contaminated, and it’s far from being the one with the highest level of contamination. It’s the one that had the most people who were stationed there for about 40 years.
You know the only reason why the government owned up to Hanford was the increased rates of thyroid cancer in kids my age downwind from the site (eastern WA, ID, western MT). I met a lot of people my age who had a scar on their neck from having their thyroid removed when they were 11 or 12; I stopped asking about after the first couple because by then when I saw it I knew they were a "downwinder."
There were dozens if not hundreds of "accidental" releases of radioactive gasses from the Hanford breeder reactors while the place was operational; the government covered them all up until the effects became too great to ignore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwinders
I'm presently posting this link on Facebook because the site is polluted with nuclear energy ads. And people seem largely clueless about it...I know I have one small voice on this topic, but I'm raising it.
A lot of research had to have gone into composing this amazing writing! Well done, Sir! I live in Eastern North Carolina so, as soon as I finish this note I’m going to look up how many Nuclear Reactors there are in my state. Thank you so much for the care and concern to have shared this tremendous piece of urgent information.
I've long held the position that nuclear fission reactors for domestic power were a bad idea, but the research for this article took about a month. On Facebook, I consistently posted links to this article in the comments section of NEI ads, one of Facebooks top advertisers, and they booted me.
But every word of it is true, and it seems no one wants to hear it. Fusion may be a different story, I guess we'll see. Thank you for your kind remarks
And lastly, restacks are Notes. Mine scroll out of sight within minutes
Because Gato Malo had a conniption fit about Germany shutting down nuclear power plants, and because nobody reads what I write. For the most part. Including the damn cat.
40 years ago I was stationed at a special weapons storage facility. We had what was described as the remains from the Manhattan Project. It was piles of rusting and degraded drums that we stayed far away from. There were also lots of stacks of degrading drums of chemical agents, one of which was Agent Orange. The information on the contamination is public record. The site is one of the Superfund sites that nothing is being done about.
The Camp LeJeune contamination is news because of the number of Marines that were poisoned. It’s not the only base that’s contaminated, and it’s far from being the one with the highest level of contamination. It’s the one that had the most people who were stationed there for about 40 years.
Why the re-upload?
Also, I’m gathering that I need to write shorter pieces. So I cut it down a bit