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RobertEarl

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11. Let's not forget Hanford in Oregon

Reply to Drew Richards (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 1, 2014, 12:32 AM

Jan 2014

That place is a veritable pit of nuke waste. Last I heard it was spreading out.

Thing about rads is they don't go away. They don't get assimilated and degrade fast. Cesium 137, just one of the many rads, has a half life of 30 years.

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