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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:02 PM Apr 2013

Most Hazardous Material On Planet Leaking At U.S. Nuclear Site

Title: Hanford worker’s struggle to ‘do the right thing’
Source: KING 5
Author: SUSANNAH FRAME
Date: April 25, 2013



Reporter: We’ve heard about other leaking tanks, so why is this one so important? This tank is holding waste that is so toxic that if it were to eat through its outer shell and reach the nearby the Columbia River it would contaminate irrigation water, crops, salmon, our food chain — not for months, but for hundreds of years to come.

Underfoot, the most hazardous material on earth is brewing inside a million gallon double shell tank.

Hanford Worker: This tank is holding the nastiest of nastiest stuff at Hanford.

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Hanford worker's struggle to 'do the right thing'

by SUSANNAH FRAME / KING 5 News / Posted on April 25, 2013 at 11:05 PM



The private company that manages the radioactive waste tank farms at the Hanford Site ignored or missed numerous red flags over a 10-month period that showed a double-shell tank holding some of the worst waste was leaking.

Over much of that time, one Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) employee -- Mike Geffre -- continued to urge his superiors to take some sort of action.

But from Oct. 9, 2011 -- the day a leak detector alarm went off -- until the first week of August 2012 -- when a scheduled video inspection documented the leak -- WRPS let evidence of the problem pile up without taking action to confirm what the tank monitoring instruments were showing and what advice experienced employees like Geffre were offering. The leak was not officially confirmed and revealed to the public until Oct. 22, 2012.


h/t ENENews


- Now here is a true American hero. The Whistleblower.



“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ~George Orwell
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Most Hazardous Material On Planet Leaking At U.S. Nuclear Site (Original Post) DeSwiss Apr 2013 OP
A private company is managing the tank farms at Hanford? enough Apr 2013 #1
Of course, but it has practical applications..... DeSwiss Apr 2013 #3
K&R because it will affect us all in the end and it shouldn't be ignored. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #2
Well, at least..... DeSwiss Apr 2013 #4
 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
3. Of course, but it has practical applications.....
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:11 AM
Apr 2013

...you see. This way when the leaks kill the Columbia River and all farming and normal life in that part of Washington State, the federal government can blame everything of the scapegoat contractors and misdirect all attention away from the fact that it was the feds who created all this shit to begin with.

- For our protection, of course.....

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
4. Well, at least.....
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:15 AM
Apr 2013

...it shouldn't be ignored any longer.

- Ignoring it is how we got here to begin with.....

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