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27. No matter how little we know about nuclear waste

Reply to greatlaurel (Reply #22)

Sat May 4, 2013, 01:03 PM

May 2013

we should all know what you have told us. It is a real threat to those who live near it and ultimately to us all.

I feel doubly cursed sandwiched between the two -- Fukushima (glad to have the Pacific between us) and Hanford (glad to have the Cascades between us).

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Fukushima nuclear plant leaking contaminated water [View all] Turborama May 2013 OP

and just how long do they think defacto7 May 2013 #1

No, until they decide to discharge it into the ocean Throckmorton May 2013 #2

Interesting that they describe this as a new crisis Lonr May 2013 #3

I bet it will cost the Japanese government between 250 to 500 billion to clean it all up in the end. Selatius May 2013 #4

Yep davidpdx May 2013 #5

Why not take a chance? another_liberal May 2013 #8

meanwhile, our beloved nation's NRC just approved 4 new nukes to be built in GA and SC wordpix May 2013 #18

I keep seeing figures on how much water is being pumped in. Downwinder May 2013 #6

The bastards are still just playing C. Y. A. another_liberal May 2013 #7

And of course the Question Is: drynberg May 2013 #9

...helping the Pacific glow in the dark ....good for surfers. L0oniX May 2013 #10

"From sea to SHINING sea" - whoever wrote that had incredible foresight progree May 2013 #12

K&R DeSwiss May 2013 #11

Oh, that's just 108,000 gallons /day (or 2580 barrels/day or 942,000 barrels a year) progree May 2013 #13

Can someone explain "contaminated" water to me? sofa king May 2013 #14

I've wondered about that as well. I thought radiation contamination was caused by radioactive firenewt May 2013 #15

Some thoughts on contaminated water, FWIW progree May 2013 #16

Cesium in fish off Fukushima not declining bananas May 2013 #19

Why the frak would you think it's only deuterium or tritium? bananas May 2013 #20

I did not think that. sofa king May 2013 #23

Evaporating the water would concentrate the radioactive pollutants daleo May 2013 #28

greatlaurel explains below sofa king May 2013 #29

The concentrated wastes would also literally be hot and corrosive, weakening containment daleo May 2013 #30

membrane separations can remove some types of radioactivity from some types of waste water streams. Trillo May 2013 #17

TEPCO is a very truthful corporate citizen not. Octafish May 2013 #21

Why they cannot just evaporate the water. greatlaurel May 2013 #22

Thank you! sofa king May 2013 #24

You are welcome. greatlaurel May 2013 #25

No matter how little we know about nuclear waste Generic Other May 2013 #27

Is there any way they can treat the building to keep the groundwater out? Sunlei May 2013 #26