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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Hanford Has Some 'Splaining To Do

I've worked there!  (Just for a month)

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  1. There is something here that I don't get.

    These tanks are double-walled stainless-steel tanks, right? And out of the factory, they should work well at least for a few decades, right?

    What prevents Hanford from moving over the stuff from the currently-leaking tanks into as many new ones, until they get their vitrification act sorted out? [if ever... /me ducks]

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  2. Here's some detail on the tanks which were assumed to be temporary storage vessels. http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/TankFarms. The material inside the tanks is of varying consistency. This video shows some of the waste being water blasted and then vacuumed into to transfer it. Very slow process:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpi9uGTm9B8

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