Αυτή τη στιγμή το επίπεδο της ραδιενέργειας δεν είναι επικίνδυνο για τον πληθυσμό, παρόλα αυτά, οι αρχές της πολιτείας επιμένουν στην ανάγκη για επίσπευση της διαδικασίας επιδιόρθωσης της διαρροής από την αποθήκη στο κτιριακό συγκρότημα Χεντφόρντ, όπου φυλάσσονται εκατομμύρια γαλόνια υγρών ραδιενεργών αποβλήτων.
Η διαρροή της ραδιενέργειας έγινε αντιληπτή από τον Φεβρουάριο του 2013.
Το κτιριακό συγκρότημα Χεντρόρντ
έχει πάψει να χρησιμοποιείται.
Παλιά το χρησιμοποιούσαν για την
παραγωγή πυρηνικών όπλων στα χρόνια του «Ψυχρού πολέμου».
http://greek.ruvr.ru/2013_06_22/116385907/
22/6/13
Possible new leak at Hanford State, higher radioactivity levels detected....
ReplyDeleteA tank containing highly radioactive waste may be leaking into the soil at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (the US’s most contaminated nuclear site) in Washington state, employees have told media.
State and federal officials are investigating reports that workers detected elevated radioactivity levels under tank AY-102 during a routine inspection on Thursday.
According to technician Mike Geffre, who works for contractor Washington River Protection Solutions, an inspection was made of a pit under the tank. Its water samples had an 800,000-count of radioactivity and a high dose rate, which means that workers must reduce time spent in the area.
"Anything above a 500 count is considered contaminated and would have to be disposed of as nuclear waste," Geffre explained. "Plus, the amount of material we've seen from the leak is very small, which means it's a very strong radioactive isotope."
If the waste escapes the tank and gets into the soil, it may reach groundwater and potentially the Columbia River.
"This is really, really bad. They are going to pollute the ground and the groundwater with some of the nastiest stuff, and they don't have a solution for it," Tom Carpenter, executive director of the Seattle-based advocacy group Hanford Challenge, a watchdog group that conducts environmental sampling to monitor for radioactive and chemical contamination, told AP. .......http://rt.com/usa/hanford-state-radioactive-leak-102/
22/6/13