Tunnel at plutonium finishing plant collapses in Hanford, WA

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MomentsofSanity

Lifer
Jan 25, 2011
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In the category of things that glow bump in the night...

http://www.king5.com/news/local/han...inishing-plant-collapses-in-hanford/438116235

Hundreds of workers were in "take cover" position after a tunnel in a plutonium finishing plant collapsed at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation early Tuesday morning.

The tunnel was full of highly contaminated materials such as hot radioactive trains that transport fuel rods.

A source said that crews doing road work nearby may have created enough vibration to cause the collapse.

A manager sent a message to all personnel telling them to "secure ventilation in your building" and "refrain from eating or drinking."
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Hopefully it's contained and no contamination occurs.
 
dank69

dank69

Lifer
Oct 6, 2009
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This is apparently in Washington State for anyone like me who is wondering.
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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That region is going to be off-limits for thousands of years.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article149475209.html

They're trying to figure out how to clean up a leak that's so toxic, workers will die within 2 minutes of exposure.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article148202599.html

I worked at Hanford in the late 70's. MOST of my work was at the never-finished WPPS WNP 1 and 4, but also at the Fast Flux Test Facility and took cranes into a few of the other areas that had working reactors.

In case of a blackout, stand close to me. I glow in the dark

Not far from where I now live, the cooling towers of the abandoned nuclear plant at Satsop rise above the surrounding farmland:

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[DHT]Osiris

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hal2kilo said:
We will agree on that.
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WTF, you aren't supposed to agree with me, this is P&N, we're supposed to have a knock-down drag-out fight for 13 pages about who's got the more reliable blog sources and who's got the uglier sister.

AT forums sure are on the decline :(
 
hal2kilo

hal2kilo

Lifer
Feb 24, 2009
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[DHT]Osiris said:
WTF, you aren't supposed to agree with me, this is P&N, we're supposed to have a knock-down drag-out fight for 13 pages about who's got the more reliable blog sources and who's got the uglier sister.

AT forums sure are on the decline :(
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I leave that last word shit for so many others on this site. Not really a fighter/debater.

I liken it to kibitzing.
 
Jaskalas

Jaskalas

Lifer
Jun 23, 2004
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They'll need to move fast to protect it from rain.

(There's supposedly a 20ft open hole into the radioactive tunnel)
 
JSt0rm

JSt0rm

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another section of the planet that will be off limits for 20k years. Cool. If we average one of these every 50 year how long till the planet is covered.
 
IronWing

IronWing

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JSt0rm said:
another section of the planet that will be off limits for 20k years. Cool. If we average one of these every 50 year how long till the planet is covered.
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I think only the Nevada Test Site would beat out Hanford on that hit parade.
 
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mect

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JSt0rm said:
another section of the planet that will be off limits for 20k years. Cool. If we average one of these every 50 year how long till the planet is covered.
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Why would it be off limits for 20k years?
 
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