The tanks, which are already long past their intended 20-year life span, hold millions of gallons of a highly radioactive stew left from decades of plutonium production for nuclear weapons.
Hmm...lets build some tanks to hold this junk 20 years should do it
Inslee said the tank is the first to have been documented to be losing liquids since all Hanford tanks were stabilized in 2005.
As we can see its an ongoing problem
Central to that cleanup is the removal of millions of gallons of a highly toxic, radioactive stew — enough to fill dozens of Olympic-size swimming pools — from 177 aging, underground tanks.
Why has it never been done...and what do you do with it?
Great....considering the half life of plutonium.threatening the groundwater and the neighboring Columbia River, the largest waterway in the Pacific Northwest.
So why havent new tanks been built for transfers?However, there is very little space left in those double-shell tanks today.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/...site-wash-leaking-18515755?fb_ref=abc-fb-recs
How many more places?
And we keep pushing for more nuclear refinement when its obvious the immediate past is already catching up with us.
This shit just isnt safe..look what happened due to an earthquake.. {Japan}.
Imo we best leave the shit alone and use it only for very special applications.
Thoughts?