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Buzz Clik

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30. I worked there. I am first-person familiar with the problems.

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Sat Feb 16, 2013, 04:10 PM

Feb 2013

That's also why I know that comparing Hanford to more modern sites is not meaningful.

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Another sign that we should move away from nuclear power. Hopefully we listen this time. [View all] MadHound Feb 2013 OP

Hanford is hardly the norm. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #1

Virtually every single nuclear facility that stores nuclear waste has had problems, MadHound Feb 2013 #4

Objectively, to want to end nuclear today means increasing Fossil Fuel use dramatically. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #9

Well, perhaps you need to recognize that I was speaking figuratively. MadHound Feb 2013 #13

Why Thin Film? NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #14

I think you're a bit behind in the field, MadHound Feb 2013 #44

Um, no. I don't think so. Neither example is commercially viable or even on the market. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #49

Don't forget Savannah River marions ghost Feb 2013 #17

.... and not one of these sites was ever designed for long-term disposal of waste. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #29

Umm, there are no long term waste disposal options. MadHound Feb 2013 #45

No. It was a perfectly acceptable solution. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #47

Just one example of the unsuitability of Yucca Mt. MadHound Feb 2013 #50

I would really like to see a link for that dye test. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #51

Well, isn't that nice....people, norm(al) people, live around Hanford and they... Tikki Feb 2013 #8

I worked there. I am first-person familiar with the problems. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #30

your language is meaningless pasto76 Feb 2013 #22

Which scenario has greater risk: Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #33

You know, every well thought out specific plan... Tikki Feb 2013 #34

Ask your family member if he/she would rather have the waste safely contained. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #35

Where and when is this 'Fountain of Youth' for nuclear plants and the waste they generate? Tikki Feb 2013 #37

My policy is to respond only twice to people who refuse to explain themselves. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #38

You are correct that Hanford is not the norm. Younger plants have yet to experience rhett o rick Feb 2013 #24

nuclear has shown itself to be a threat to humanity quinnox Feb 2013 #2

Well, right now, there are viable alternatives, MadHound Feb 2013 #6

Time out. Generation of electricity by nuclear energy is a threat to humanity? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #39

let me elaborate stonecutter357 Feb 2013 #43

So, how many people died from this? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #48

You have to be shill . stonecutter357 Feb 2013 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #46

I completely agree me b zola Feb 2013 #3

There is much for the OP to learn mick063 Feb 2013 #5

Gee mick0, please do educate me, MadHound Feb 2013 #10

Coming up on 2 hours since he posted DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #18

To me the biggest concern is not the tanks but the tons and tons rhett o rick Feb 2013 #25

Let me add a bit while we wait billyclem Feb 2013 #52

I know more about this than you could ever know. mick063 Feb 2013 #54

Nuclear weapons are not civilian nuclear power/energy. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #7

Actually, the issue isn't the waste that is in these tanks, MadHound Feb 2013 #11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOX_fuel stonecutter357 Feb 2013 #16

to read later snagglepuss Feb 2013 #12

Relax. They're just venting a little steam. bvar22 Feb 2013 #15

Venting secondary steam I hope. But who are we to know rhett o rick Feb 2013 #31

How close is this to the Columbia River? SHRED Feb 2013 #19

I would guess approx 10 miles. Nothing to worry about. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #28

I live in Washington State padruig Feb 2013 #20

Or it's a reason to move towards modern nuclear power production. dairydog91 Feb 2013 #21

With nearly 20% of our energy being provided by nuclear.... Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #26

You are going to have to come up with a one hundred percent guaranteed way of storing the waste, MadHound Feb 2013 #36

Madhound, how do you feel about more modern designs? sofa king Feb 2013 #23

Disposal? Why not ship it to the Moon? randome Feb 2013 #32

..And produce the inevitable Challenger disaster? bvar22 Feb 2013 #40

Gee, I thought this was going to be about the meteor Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #27

Do we have a plan to deal with the reactor structures that are aging and nearing ThomThom Feb 2013 #41

I read about this sallyjojo Feb 2013 #42