Hanford Watch Website CLICK HERE
Hanford Dumped Billions of Gallons of Radioactive Waste in the 50s & 60s on the ground
The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. The site has been known by many names, including Hanford Project, Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works or HEW and Hanford Nuclear Reservation or HNR. Established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project in the town of Hanford in south-central Washington, the site was home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world Plutonium manufactured at the site was used in the first nuclear bomb, tested at the Trinity site, and in Fat Man, the bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan.
Billions of Gallons Radioactive Waste Dumped & Leaking at Hanford
Hanford Dumped Billions of Gallons of Radioactive Waste in the 50s & 60s on the ground
Special Thank you to http://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulGirlByDana
for the beginning of the video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1srP-oYuKVA
The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. The site has been known by many names, including Hanford Project, Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works or HEW and Hanford Nuclear Reservation or HNR. Established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project in the town of Hanford in south-central Washington, the site was home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world Plutonium manufactured at the site was used in the first nuclear bomb, tested at the Trinity site, and in Fat Man, the bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan.
Sunday Spin: Helping to understand Hanford
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spincontrol/2013/mar/02/sunday-spin-helping-understand-hanford
for full article and 58 minute video. [... Hanford's] tanks are big. The largest are the size of a basketball court with a 75-foot wall around it. Inside the tanks are a "stew of different materials" that form a radioactive sludge, from which the liquid was supposed to have been pumped out years ago. [...]
67 tanks are 'suspected leakers' at U.S. nuclear site — "The stuff inside melts the instruments... eats rubber and plastic" (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/67-suspected-leakers-nuclear-site-stuff-inside-melts-instruments-eats-rubber-plastic-video
Of the 177 tanks, 149 only have a single wall, or shell, and 67 of those were "suspected leakers", but the rest were thought to be secure. Thought to be is a relative term, because in a container that big, a drop of even a fraction of an inch can represent many gallons of waste. You can't just drop a giant dipstick into the tank. As [Jane Hedges of Washington's Department of Ecology] explained, there's no easy way to get an extremely accurate measurement because lowering cameras or instruments into the tanks isn't practical. The stuff inside melts the instruments, and eats rubber and plastic. [...]
Getting the liquid out of the tanks is a problem. First, there's no good place to put it right now, because the more secure double-shelled tanks are also pretty full. Second, there's the danger of triggering evaporation of the liquid, which would cause a tank to heat up and create a deflagration. (AKA an EXPLOSION)
The latest news of 6 leaking tanks at Hanford
Hanford Watch president Paige Knight, Feb. 23, 2013
Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford
New York Times, Feb. 5, 2013
http://www.hanfordwatch.org/
Source Video (More Links) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOVvbaMgUI
Special Thank you to http://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulGirlByDana
for the beginning of the video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1srP-oYuKVA
The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. The site has been known by many names, including Hanford Project, Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works or HEW and Hanford Nuclear Reservation or HNR. Established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project in the town of Hanford in south-central Washington, the site was home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world Plutonium manufactured at the site was used in the first nuclear bomb, tested at the Trinity site, and in Fat Man, the bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan.
Sunday Spin: Helping to understand Hanford
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spincontrol/2013/mar/02/sunday-spin-helping-understand-hanford
for full article and 58 minute video. [... Hanford's] tanks are big. The largest are the size of a basketball court with a 75-foot wall around it. Inside the tanks are a "stew of different materials" that form a radioactive sludge, from which the liquid was supposed to have been pumped out years ago. [...]
67 tanks are 'suspected leakers' at U.S. nuclear site — "The stuff inside melts the instruments... eats rubber and plastic" (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/67-suspected-leakers-nuclear-site-stuff-inside-melts-instruments-eats-rubber-plastic-video
Of the 177 tanks, 149 only have a single wall, or shell, and 67 of those were "suspected leakers", but the rest were thought to be secure. Thought to be is a relative term, because in a container that big, a drop of even a fraction of an inch can represent many gallons of waste. You can't just drop a giant dipstick into the tank. As [Jane Hedges of Washington's Department of Ecology] explained, there's no easy way to get an extremely accurate measurement because lowering cameras or instruments into the tanks isn't practical. The stuff inside melts the instruments, and eats rubber and plastic. [...]
Getting the liquid out of the tanks is a problem. First, there's no good place to put it right now, because the more secure double-shelled tanks are also pretty full. Second, there's the danger of triggering evaporation of the liquid, which would cause a tank to heat up and create a deflagration. (AKA an EXPLOSION)
The latest news of 6 leaking tanks at Hanford
Hanford Watch president Paige Knight, Feb. 23, 2013
Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford
New York Times, Feb. 5, 2013
http://www.hanfordwatch.org/
Source Video (More Links) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOVvbaMgUI
Sunday Spin: Helping to understand Hanford CLICK HERE
67 tanks are ‘suspected leakers’ at U.S. nuclear site — “The stuff inside melts the instruments… eats rubber and plastic” CLICK HERE
Billions of Gallons Radioactive Waste Dumped & Leaking at Hanford! by MsMilkytheclown1
Hanford Dumped Billions of Gallons of Radioactive Waste in the 50s & 60s on the ground
Special Thank you to http://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulGirlByDana for the beginning of the video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1srP-oYuKVA
The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. The site has been known by many names, including Hanford Project, Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works or HEW and Hanford Nuclear Reservation or HNR. Established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project in the town of Hanford in south-central Washington, the site was home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world Plutonium manufactured at the site was used in the first nuclear bomb, tested at the Trinity site, and in Fat Man, the bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan.
Sunday Spin: Helping to understand Hanford
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spincontrol/2013/mar/02/sunday-spin-helping-understand-hanford for full article and 58 minute video. [... Hanford's] tanks are big. The largest are the size of a basketball court with a 75-foot wall around it. Inside the tanks are a "stew of different materials" that form a radioactive sludge, from which the liquid was supposed to have been pumped out years ago. [...]
67 tanks are 'suspected leakers' at U.S. nuclear site — "The stuff inside melts the instruments... eats rubber and plastic" (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/67-suspected-leakers-nuclear-site-stuff-inside-melts-instruments-eats-rubber-plastic-video Of the 177 tanks, 149 only have a single wall, or shell, and 67 of those were "suspected leakers", but the rest were thought to be secure. Thought to be is a relative term, because in a container that big, a drop of even a fraction of an inch can represent many gallons of waste. You can't just drop a giant dipstick into the tank. As [Jane Hedges of Washington's Department of Ecology] explained, there's no easy way to get an extremely accurate measurement because lowering cameras or instruments into the tanks isn't practical. The stuff inside melts the instruments, and eats rubber and plastic. [...]
Getting the liquid out of the tanks is a problem. First, there's no good place to put it right now, because the more secure double-shelled tanks are also pretty full. Second, there's the danger of triggering evaporation of the liquid, which would cause a tank to heat up and create a deflagration. (AKA an EXPLOSION)
Washington nuclear waste tanks 'leaking'
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/02/2013223223927460308.html
Hanford - Washington
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/sites/Hanford
Sequestration Could Hinder Hanford Nuclear Reservation Cleanup, Says Washington Governor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/sequestration-hanford-nuclear-reservation_n_2779095.html
Radioactive waste leaking from six tanks at Washington state nuclear site
http://news.yahoo.com/six-washington-state-nuclear-tanks-leaking-governors-office-001058166.html
The latest news of 6 leaking tanks at Hanford
Hanford Watch president Paige Knight, Feb. 23, 2013
Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford
New York Times, Feb. 5, 2013
http://www.hanfordwatch.org/
CBS News: Mind-boggling mistakes at leaking U.S. nuclear site — "The chances of a catastrophic event are real" -Former Governor (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/cbs-news-mind-boggling-mistakes-at-leaking-u-s-nuclear-site-the-chances-of-a-catastrophic-event-are-real-former-governor-video
Dr. Helen Caldicott at A15 Hanford Rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okaFMy3VRqY
*****Please see links and read info below this video*****
Special Thank you to http://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulGirlByDana for the beginning of the video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1srP-oYuKVA
The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. The site has been known by many names, including Hanford Project, Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works or HEW and Hanford Nuclear Reservation or HNR. Established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project in the town of Hanford in south-central Washington, the site was home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world Plutonium manufactured at the site was used in the first nuclear bomb, tested at the Trinity site, and in Fat Man, the bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan.
Sunday Spin: Helping to understand Hanford
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spincontrol/2013/mar/02/sunday-spin-helping-understand-hanford for full article and 58 minute video. [... Hanford's] tanks are big. The largest are the size of a basketball court with a 75-foot wall around it. Inside the tanks are a "stew of different materials" that form a radioactive sludge, from which the liquid was supposed to have been pumped out years ago. [...]
67 tanks are 'suspected leakers' at U.S. nuclear site — "The stuff inside melts the instruments... eats rubber and plastic" (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/67-suspected-leakers-nuclear-site-stuff-inside-melts-instruments-eats-rubber-plastic-video Of the 177 tanks, 149 only have a single wall, or shell, and 67 of those were "suspected leakers", but the rest were thought to be secure. Thought to be is a relative term, because in a container that big, a drop of even a fraction of an inch can represent many gallons of waste. You can't just drop a giant dipstick into the tank. As [Jane Hedges of Washington's Department of Ecology] explained, there's no easy way to get an extremely accurate measurement because lowering cameras or instruments into the tanks isn't practical. The stuff inside melts the instruments, and eats rubber and plastic. [...]
Getting the liquid out of the tanks is a problem. First, there's no good place to put it right now, because the more secure double-shelled tanks are also pretty full. Second, there's the danger of triggering evaporation of the liquid, which would cause a tank to heat up and create a deflagration. (AKA an EXPLOSION)
Washington nuclear waste tanks 'leaking'
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/02/2013223223927460308.html
Hanford - Washington
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/sites/Hanford
Sequestration Could Hinder Hanford Nuclear Reservation Cleanup, Says Washington Governor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/sequestration-hanford-nuclear-reservation_n_2779095.html
Radioactive waste leaking from six tanks at Washington state nuclear site
http://news.yahoo.com/six-washington-state-nuclear-tanks-leaking-governors-office-001058166.html
The latest news of 6 leaking tanks at Hanford
Hanford Watch president Paige Knight, Feb. 23, 2013
Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford
New York Times, Feb. 5, 2013
http://www.hanfordwatch.org/
CBS News: Mind-boggling mistakes at leaking U.S. nuclear site — "The chances of a catastrophic event are real" -Former Governor (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/cbs-news-mind-boggling-mistakes-at-leaking-u-s-nuclear-site-the-chances-of-a-catastrophic-event-are-real-former-governor-video
Dr. Helen Caldicott at A15 Hanford Rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okaFMy3VRqY
*****Please see links and read info below this video*****
Dr. Helen Caldicott at A15 Hanford Rally
Dr. Helen Caldicott at A15 Hanford Rally
Many THANKS to Squadron13's supporters in Eugene and elsewhere for making these videos possible!
OCCUPY PORTLAND PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Beth Rakoncay
Phone: (971)258-1627
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://hanfordrally.wordpress.com/hanford-rally
Hanford: North America's Fukushima
A15
Occupy Portland Speaks Out on an Environmental Tragedy
Mass action planned for April 15
Just 177 miles upstream from composting, bike-riding, green-belting Portland, Oregon, is the largest concentration of nuclear waste in the country. Built on the banks of the Columbia River in Eastern Washington, Hanford's reactors have produced enough plutonium to arm much of the America's nuclear arsenal, including the bomb that devastated Nagasaki in 1945.
Facts:
* The Hanford site stores more than 56 million gallons of high level radioactive waste, as well as housing an active nuclear power plant.
* There is mass tort lawsuit pending against the federal government, brought by nearly two thousand plaintiffs whose health has been damaged by Hanford radiation. Two plaintiffs have already been awarded settlements.
* Storage tanks are believed to have been leaking as early as 1945 -- The first confirmed leak was in 1956. The largest confirmed leak was in 1973 when 115,000 gallons of radioactive material leaked into the surrounding area. The total amount of waste that has now leaked from the underground tanks is believed to be 10 times this amount.
This is about human responsibility in the face of an epic environmental tragedy which has occurred and which will only get worse without us taking a stand. --Occupy Portland
"Contamination has reached groundwater and the nearby Columbia River." Oregon Department of Energy
"The waste that's in the tanks poses a significant environmental and human health risk for thousands of years to come." Suzanne Dahl, Washington Department of Ecology
"Hanford is a prime example of the unmet promises across America to permanently relocate and secure nuclear waste," Congressman John Shimkus (Republican, IL), chairman of the Environment and the Economy Subcommittee after a visit to Hanford in 2011
We are speaking out directly against the failure of the cleanup at Hanford--Occupy Portland
Hanford was established in 1943, an extension of the Manhattan Project. Its construction displaced local European settlers and Native tribes (including the Umatilla, Yakama, Wanapum and Nez Perce) who had hunted fished, lived and worshipped on this land at the confluence of the Snake, Yakama and Columbia Rivers for generations.
Clean-up at the site, as laid out in a document called the Tri-Party Agreement in 1989, has encountered consistent setbacks, resulting in missed deadlines and shifting milestones. In fact, the U.S. Department of Energy — a signatory on the Agreement — was still dumping barrels of waste in unlined pits on the site until the late 90?s.
Occupy Portland raises the question: is enough being done to clean up the most contaminated site in America?
A15 is a massive, nationally supported rally on April 15 to raise awareness about issues facing the Hanford Nuclear Facility. The Hanford site is an environmental disaster with the potential of becoming a catastrophe as large in scope as that of the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan.
WHY:
Because we must speak out against the failure and corruption of this clean-up as it stands today.--Occupy Portland
Current U.S. Geological Survey research indicates that a major fault line in Washington extends as far east as Pasco, making Hanford a high earthquake risk zone. And while the nine weapons-production reactors were decommissioned by the end of the 1980s, a commercial energy reactor and millions of gallons of radioactive materials remain on-site.
San Francisco-based Bechtel is one of the primary contractors charged with constructing a vitrification plant that would encase high-level waste in glass, thereby reducing the risk of further contamination. Yet, the initial 2009 deadline for the plant's construction has been pushed back to 2017, and the budget for the project has ballooned from $4.3 billion to $11.3 billion. Bechtel's past projects include Bolivia's water privatization debacle and Boston's Big Dig. Occupy Portland asks directly, Where has all the money gone??
"We are not in the construction and engineering business. We are in the business of making money." -- Steve Bechtel Sr., former company president
We express great concern for the safety of the workers inside and for the Native Americans whose way of life has been decimated by Hanford's existence. --Occupy Portland
Many THANKS to Squadron13's supporters in Eugene and elsewhere for making these videos possible!
OCCUPY PORTLAND PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Beth Rakoncay
Phone: (971)258-1627
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://hanfordrally.wordpress.com/hanford-rally
Hanford: North America's Fukushima
A15
Occupy Portland Speaks Out on an Environmental Tragedy
Mass action planned for April 15
Just 177 miles upstream from composting, bike-riding, green-belting Portland, Oregon, is the largest concentration of nuclear waste in the country. Built on the banks of the Columbia River in Eastern Washington, Hanford's reactors have produced enough plutonium to arm much of the America's nuclear arsenal, including the bomb that devastated Nagasaki in 1945.
Facts:
* The Hanford site stores more than 56 million gallons of high level radioactive waste, as well as housing an active nuclear power plant.
* There is mass tort lawsuit pending against the federal government, brought by nearly two thousand plaintiffs whose health has been damaged by Hanford radiation. Two plaintiffs have already been awarded settlements.
* Storage tanks are believed to have been leaking as early as 1945 -- The first confirmed leak was in 1956. The largest confirmed leak was in 1973 when 115,000 gallons of radioactive material leaked into the surrounding area. The total amount of waste that has now leaked from the underground tanks is believed to be 10 times this amount.
This is about human responsibility in the face of an epic environmental tragedy which has occurred and which will only get worse without us taking a stand. --Occupy Portland
"Contamination has reached groundwater and the nearby Columbia River." Oregon Department of Energy
"The waste that's in the tanks poses a significant environmental and human health risk for thousands of years to come." Suzanne Dahl, Washington Department of Ecology
"Hanford is a prime example of the unmet promises across America to permanently relocate and secure nuclear waste," Congressman John Shimkus (Republican, IL), chairman of the Environment and the Economy Subcommittee after a visit to Hanford in 2011
We are speaking out directly against the failure of the cleanup at Hanford--Occupy Portland
Hanford was established in 1943, an extension of the Manhattan Project. Its construction displaced local European settlers and Native tribes (including the Umatilla, Yakama, Wanapum and Nez Perce) who had hunted fished, lived and worshipped on this land at the confluence of the Snake, Yakama and Columbia Rivers for generations.
Clean-up at the site, as laid out in a document called the Tri-Party Agreement in 1989, has encountered consistent setbacks, resulting in missed deadlines and shifting milestones. In fact, the U.S. Department of Energy — a signatory on the Agreement — was still dumping barrels of waste in unlined pits on the site until the late 90?s.
Occupy Portland raises the question: is enough being done to clean up the most contaminated site in America?
A15 is a massive, nationally supported rally on April 15 to raise awareness about issues facing the Hanford Nuclear Facility. The Hanford site is an environmental disaster with the potential of becoming a catastrophe as large in scope as that of the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan.
WHY:
Because we must speak out against the failure and corruption of this clean-up as it stands today.--Occupy Portland
Current U.S. Geological Survey research indicates that a major fault line in Washington extends as far east as Pasco, making Hanford a high earthquake risk zone. And while the nine weapons-production reactors were decommissioned by the end of the 1980s, a commercial energy reactor and millions of gallons of radioactive materials remain on-site.
San Francisco-based Bechtel is one of the primary contractors charged with constructing a vitrification plant that would encase high-level waste in glass, thereby reducing the risk of further contamination. Yet, the initial 2009 deadline for the plant's construction has been pushed back to 2017, and the budget for the project has ballooned from $4.3 billion to $11.3 billion. Bechtel's past projects include Bolivia's water privatization debacle and Boston's Big Dig. Occupy Portland asks directly, Where has all the money gone??
"We are not in the construction and engineering business. We are in the business of making money." -- Steve Bechtel Sr., former company president
We express great concern for the safety of the workers inside and for the Native Americans whose way of life has been decimated by Hanford's existence. --Occupy Portland
