People living near former atomic weapon plant in WA have increased cancer rates

Re:People living near former atomic weapon plant in WA have ... by jmcphers on Thursday June 01, 2023 @11:55AM (#36152958)

I lived in Richland (near Hanford) and worked near the facility in an IT contractor position. The mess there is truly awful; they were in such a hurry when they were building the bombs that they basically just threw anything contaminated into huge concrete tanks to worry about later. Those old single-wall tanks are now leaking huge plumes of waste into the Columbia River [1].

The current plan for dealing with much of this waste -- and I am NOT making this up -- is to turn it into GIANT GLASS LOGS. [2]

[1] https://ecology.wa.gov/Waste-Toxics/Nuclear-waste/Hanford-cl...

[2] https://www.hanfordvitplant.com/

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Re:People living near former atomic weapon plant in WA have ... by tmoneyplease on Thursday June 01, 2023 @12:55PM (#36153964)

Hey there, we used to live there too. My dad worked at PNNL on nuclear waste management

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Re:People living near former atomic weapon plant in WA have ... by rootusrootus on Thursday June 01, 2023 @01:02PM (#36154060)

> Those old single-wall tanks are now leaking huge plumes of waste into the Columbia River [1].

Doesn't that link refute your claim, not support it? They specifically answer the question of river contamination by saying it might happen in about 70 years.

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