57 at-risk drums still at LANL being stored in tents
http://www.nature.com/news/nuclear-waste-facility-on-high-alert-over-risk-of-new-explosions-1.15290
“On 19 May, the NMED told the DOE and the LANL that they had two days to present a plan to secure the drums. In their response on 21 May, the LANL and the DOE said that the drums were being transferred to a tent fitted with fire-control and high-efficiency particulate air filtration to contain any radioactive particles in the event of an accident. They added that air radiation levels and the temperature of the drums were being monitored, and that the drums were being inspected hourly for signs of rupture.”
Just can’t make this crap up...
This article brings attention to the culture at LANL, the apparent origin of this seemingly ‘isolated problem...attention that’s well-deserved, imho.
Senate bill allots $102 million for WIPP recovery efforts
My read: WIPP Cleanup will cost a MULTIPLE of the initial amount of $102 million
They still have no plan on how to make a SALT mine surface-contaminated with hot particles safe for workers, let alone make assurances that the public is safe from further ‘kitty litter events’.
But IT’S ALL GOOD: Sen Udall, D NM, is on the case, ensuring WIPP’s reopening.
I don’t know how long I can continue updating on this farce. Nobody cares. Even FReeper nuclear apologists don’t bother trolling comments anymore to preach their banana-rad propaganda.
With the southern border being completely overrun, the IRS out of control and all the other BS goings-on, this may have very well faded into the memory hole...much like Fukushima’s effect on the West Coast (on which the jury is STILL out)...
I have only one final series of thoughts after watching IRS Koskinen pompously berate Congress:
1. Nobody has duplicated the ‘organic kitty litter’ theory.
2. Nobody has chemically-proven it either
3. No samples have been returned to posit drum content results from EITHER WIPP drums, or any other drums in Texas or anywhere else.
4. No WIPP recovery plan has been put forth nor has been approved by DOE
5. No investigation has been revealed, nor results thereof, of how the dangerous decision to switch drum contents came to be, let alone assign responsibility.
6. After reading this whole post and my last 5 points, they’re still balls-to-the-wall to shove ALL the pending waste shipments into WIPP, to include digging a NEW exhaust shaft (basically asserting they will do ANYTHING to continue with the WIPP plan, safety of the 30 year-old infrastructure be damned).
Feel better? /s