Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:33 pm by globalturbo
Don Hancock: “Something that was never supposed to happen, happened. We don’t know as much about handling waste, about geologic repositories as we’ve been told and in fact government and corporate people thought they knew. We don’t know as much as we think we know.”
What IS Plutonium?
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office is responsible for the management, transportation, and permanent disposal of large amounts of the transuranic wastes left over from both World War II and the Cold War. Plutonium and the other radioactive wastes destined for permanent disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), are scientifically well understood and easily managed.
The purpose of the National Transuranic Waste Program is to manage the disposal of the transuranic waste generated at the nation’s defense production facilities.
Various sites around the nation have transuranic wastes stored above ground in temporary storage facilities. In that nuclear waste, there are numerous plutonium isotopes that will be entombed 2,150 feet below ground at the WIPP near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
AIRBORNE Plutonium HAZARD
Plutonium 238, 239 and 240 are highly radioactive where they are highly dangerous is if they are inhaled. Their radiation causes DNA damage in tissue, which then boosts the risk of cancer. The bone marrow and liver, where plutonium is transported through a blood protein called transferring, are especially vulnerable. Just a dozen milligrams of plutonium are lethal for a human, according to tests on lab animals cited by France's Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN).
Internal Memo: 10 times more WIPP nuclear drums risk exploding than media reported — Expert: Data shows increasing amount of radioactivity going into environment — Official: Something “caused drum to later catch fire”; Gov’t should investigate if truck fire & electrical surge led to the radiation release More: http://enenews.com/10-times-as-many-p…
Radiation Expert: 5 types of plutonium were released from WIPP; Officials not informing public — Caldicott: “I predict that facility will never be able to be used again”; Inhaling a millionth of a gram of plutonium will induce lung cancer http://enenews.com/radiation-expert-5…
‘Very strong’ quake hits New Mexico border — Seismic data spikes at WIPP nuke site — Emergency declared at nearest nuclear plant — “Larger magnitude event could still occur” — TV: “Sounded like a train derailed” — “Very rare… Still trying to figure out what caused it… no known fault lines in area” More: http://enenews.com/very-strong-quake-…
WIPP radiation leak leads to layoffs at Los Alamos
Created: 07/03/2014 8:03 AM http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3…
Nuclear Radiation Releases Continue in New Mexico: Something happened in February, something is STILL going on http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/w…
Why do we still not know what’s wrong with WIPP?
http://lajicarita.wordpress.com/2014/…
Radiation spikes at WIPP nuclear facility — Hits highest levels since initial hours of radioactive release in February — Document link removed from official website — Gov’t analyzing samples for “potential impact on human health” More: http://enenews.com/large-spike-radiat…
10 times more WIPP nuclear drums on fire? -
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120 Quadrillion becquerels of radioactive cesium into North Pacific Ocean from Fukushima
