Hanford Nuclear Site: Spike In Radiation Levels Prompts Search for Waste Leak
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Officials for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are trying to determine if a second giant underground tank containing radioactive waste from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons is leaking, the U.S. Department of Energy revealed on Tuesday.
Air monitors attached to an aging tank known as AY-101 recently found radiation at higher than normal background levels, the agency said.
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National Security F-Up: Nuclear Disaster at Hanford (Arnie Gundersen/Robert Alvarez)
The Hanford nuclear site, located on the Columbia River in Washington state, was built as part of the Manhattan Project to process plutonium for nuclear weapons. Operated until the end of the Cold War, the decades of weapons production has left Hanford as the most contaminated nuclear site in the US, with a long history of cover-ups about the leaking high-level radioactive waste. In a project that is currently 10-years behind schedule, the DOE is attempting to build a vitrification plant at Hanford to process and neutralize the massive amounts of radioactive waste left behind by the creation of nuclear bombs. Today, nuclear policy expert Robert Alvarez joins Kevin and Arnie to discuss the ongoing environmental damage to the Hanford site.
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National Security F-Up: Nuclear Disaster at Hanford (Arnie Gundersen/Robert Alvarez) Pt 2 of 2
The Hanford nuclear site, located on the Columbia River in Washington state, was built as part of the Manhattan Project to process plutonium for nuclear weapons. Operated until the end of the Cold War, the decades of weapons production has left Hanford as the most contaminated nuclear site in the US, with a long history of cover-ups about the leaking high-level radioactive waste. In a project that is currently 10-years behind schedule, the DOE is attempting to build a vitrification plant at Hanford to process and neutralize the massive amounts of radioactive waste left behind by the creation of nuclear bombs. Today, nuclear policy expert Robert Alvarez joins Kevin and Arnie to discuss the ongoing environmental damage to the Hanford site.
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FAIR USE NOTICE: Any copyrighted (©) material is made available to advance understanding of ecological, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, which constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
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Union of Concerned Scientists (watchdog over NRC):
NRC ADAMS Public Documents
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
24-Hour Center for Emergencies number 301-816-5100
Safety or security concern line 1-800-695-7403
General help or information line 1-800-397-4209
Switch Board: Toll free: 1-800-368-5642 | Local: 301-415-7000
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How close is your home to a nuclear power plant?
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Waste Processing Plant Might Not Work Properly and Has Serious Potential Safety Problems
A lead engineer at the $12.3 billion Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation says the Department of Energy -- along with lead contractor Bechtel National, Inc. -- cannot assure the public that the plant will work properly and safely when it is completed about a decade from now despite public statements to the contrary and $5 billion spent so far.
At risk are the Columbia River as well as the health and safety of people in southeast Washington state.
Dr. Walter Tamosaitis was the research and technology manager and the deputy chief processing engineer for URS Corporation, a subcontractor to Bechtel. Since 2003, Tamosaitis oversaw a $500 million budget covering some of the waste treatment plant's most crucial design functions.
On July 2, Tamosaitis was escorted out of the building like an absolute felon, he said, and stripped of his position after raising a series of safety and operational concerns.
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Franklin Thompson Matthias (13 March 1908 – 3 December 1993) was an American civil engineer who directed construction of the Hanford nuclear site, a key facility of the Manhattan Project during World War II.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Matthias joined the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a Junior Hydraulic Engineer in 1935, and worked on hydroelectric projects. In April 1941, he was called to active duty by the United States Army, and joined the Construction Division of the Army Corps of Engineers. He was area engineer at the Manhattan Project's Hanford site from 1942 to 1945. As such, he supervised the enormous construction effort, which included three chemical separation plants so large that they were known as Queen Marys, and the world's first three production-scale nuclear reactors.
After the war Matthais went to Brazil, where he helped build a hydroelectric facility. He joined the Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan) in 1951, and was involved in the construction of its Kemano-Kitimat hydroelectric dam and aluminum smelter project in northern British Columbia and the Chute-des-Passes project in Quebec. He was a vice president at Kaiser Engineering from 1960 to 1973.
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