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Hanford Nuclear Reservation

A-Bomb Tourism

August 29, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the IEEE Spectrum, an essay by Maria Gallucci documents a tour she took of the B Reactor at Hanford. The front face of the B reactor.

Posted in: Faits Divers, Nuclear Industry, Science, Sea Stories Tagged: B reactor, Columbia River, fallout, Hanford, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Hiroshima, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Nagasaki, Pandora’s box, plutonium, Radioactive, radioactive fallout, Rattlesnake Mountain

Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Makes Progress, But Questions Loom

February 5, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

IEEE Spectrum, in its ongoing reporting on the Hanford cleanup project, gives us an update on the vitrification process and some questions concerning the classification of hazardous waste. Read the article here: Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Makes Progress, But Questions Loom

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science Tagged: Bechtel National, Columbia River, DOE, glassifying, grout, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Hanford Vit Plant, landfill, nuclear waste, Office of River Protection, plutonium, reclassify, U.S. Department of Energy, vitrification, Washington State, Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

A predictable nuclear accident at Hanford

July 5, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – A predictable nuclear accident at Hanford. From May, 2017.

Posted in: Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Cold War, Department of Energy, Fernald plant, Green Run, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Nagasaki, Ozersk, Plutopia, Rocky Flats

Accident at Nuclear Plant Spawns a Medical Mystery

December 21, 2015 by sergneri

From the LA Times Accident at Nuclear Plant Spawns a Medical Mystery : Health: Questions are being raised about the effects of radiation exposures. Scientific answers are lacking. LINDA ROACH MONROE | TIMES STAFF WRITER | 09/10/1990 RICHLAND, Wash. — On that Saturday morning in 1962, the men whose bodies formed the radiological front lines … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, History, Nuclear Industry, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: 1962, 1976, 1990, Accident, blue flash, Cerenkov radiation, Hanford, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Nuclear, radiation, The Atomic Man

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