Worst Hanford tank may be leaking into soil

[indie9197]

39. I am not defending Hanford

It is a spooky, desolate place. Can places have bad karma? I worked on waste retrieval projects there for two years recently. You may work just outside the Hanford gates but you are spreading some misinformation of your own.

1. Mayak (Russia's version of Hanford) is worse. Way worse.

2. The PUREX facility at Hanford was processing plutonium up until 1988.

4. The security level has dropped considerably the last 2-3 years as weapons grade plutonium has all been shipped off. I didnt see any Storm Troopers when I worked there.

5. Safety is a relative term. I didnt feel unsafe working there and most of the site has normal radiation and contamination levels. The chemical hazards are scarier to me. Workers occasionally get burned by airborne nitic acid at the tanks. I dont think I would work at the Tank Farms.

9. Salt domes are currently used in New Mexico and other places in the world for high level waste. The WIPP facility in NM could possibly have taken waste from Hanford but it is specifically written in their license that they will not do so.