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In reply to the discussion: California Running out of Water [View all]DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)32. Drinking water downstream from Hanford Nuclear Plant......
...is hazardous to your health.
In southeastern Washington, a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the river passes through the Hanford Site, established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project. The site served as a plutonium production complex, with nine nuclear reactors and related facilities located on the banks of the river. From 1944 to 1971, pump systems drew cooling water from the river and, after treating this water for use by the reactors, returned it to the river. Before being released back into the river, the used water was held in large tanks known as retention basins for up to six hours. Longer-lived isotopes were not affected by this retention, and several terabecquerels entered the river every day. By 1957, the eight plutonium production reactors at Hanford dumped a daily average of 50,000 curies of radioactive material into the Columbia. These releases were kept secret by the federal government until the release of declassified documents in the late 1980s. Radiation was measured downstream as far west as the Washington and Oregon coasts. link
- Inspector: Feds 'consistently in denial' at Hanford
State blasts feds response to Hanford leak
Hanford: Whistleblower files new complaint
Hanford whistleblower loses job
Wash. AG disappointed by Hanford cleanup delays
New approach to problem-riddled Hanford cleanup
Radiation leak detected at Hanford
State inspectors document problems at Hanford
Worst Hanford tank may be leaking into soil
Feds: Hanford leaking tank won't be pumped until 2019
Leak in Hanford double-shell tank getting worse
Hanford officials hid leak evidence from advisory panel
No plan in place when leak alarm sounded at Hanford
Nearly a dozen Hanford employees sick from unknown fumes
Nuclear Cheerleaders Use Voodoo Science to Pretend Low Levels of Radiation Are Safe Or Even Good For You
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I am also skeptical about the quality of water that we will get if we rely on recycled water.
JDPriestly
Mar 2015
#69
thank you for that reminder. I saw a documentary on that very subject re Syria and Water
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#73
There was an op-ed piece in the LA Times recently arguing much the same. But
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#18
We just voted money for water projects. If you are in California and you vote, I hope you
JDPriestly
Mar 2015
#29
Very interesting. We are going to have to have massive amounts of desalinization.
JDPriestly
Mar 2015
#28
Arid desert climate, high rate of development: What could possibly go wrong?
Populist_Prole
Mar 2015
#25
So far it's not even being discussed. The consensus is that it's too expensive...
Kablooie
Mar 2015
#27
Rice uses tons of water...which is why it was grown so much in colonial lowcountry SC. nt
raccoon
Mar 2015
#38
I think current water systems just did not keep up to the rising population/longer term average.
Yo_Mama
Mar 2015
#42
What would happen is that California will do further water restrictions, that's all
AZ Progressive
Mar 2015
#50
The certified green water goes back into the American river so Sacramento can use it
Brother Buzz
Mar 2015
#62
They'll just take it from poor people. Need all the water they can get for all the
valerief
Mar 2015
#71