Several tanks at nuclear site 'leaking radioactive waste', say US officials

http://www.euronews.com/ US authorities say six underground storage tanks at the Hanford nuclear site in the western Washington state have been leaking radioactive waste. Earlier they had said only one was leaking, but insist there is "no immediate" risk to public health.

However Governor Jay Inslee said "nonetheless this is disturbing news for all Washingtonians".

The tanks, a few kilometres from the Columbia River, a major source of drinking water, are more than six decades old.

The site, which closed in the late 1980s, produced plutonium for one of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of World War II.

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[codmohgwbf]

I dont know, they better have a way

[neckarsulme]

Right, and this is done how?

[codmohgwbf]

Not if we find some way to isolate and remove it.

[neckarsulme]

Great, but what about the thousands of gallons of radioactive waste liquid already in the ground? It can't be recovered, and will eventually be in the water.

[codmohgwbf]

tat's if it's not stopped, if it is then it should not reach any ground water

[mmedefarge]

The secondary risk of nuclear power, the radioactive waste that will be active for many thousands of yrs. to which the world adds more & more to as the years go by. I feel sorry for the coming generations who will have to deal with our profligacy.

[neckarsulme]

We need nuclear waste control now!

[neckarsulme]

Yes, but how much radioactive waste is in the ground that will never be recovered? It will leech into the groundwater for years with a half life of 25,000 years.

[codmohgwbf]

We will be ok. It will take months or even years of leaking in order for it to reach any resources that we use.

[MeticulousMr]

Where congress and the presidents campaign for calls and lobbying to ban the nuclear facilities, which cause more death and harm than guns. "FOR THE CHILDREN" Everyone who profits from these facilities should be rounded up and forced to go and do whatever is necessary. As well their financial accounts should be frozen and put into a fund to pay for the repair, cleanup and the people affected.