I saw an interesting article
yesterday in the Florida Today Sunday
paper. In the article, they discuss the Hanford Nuclear Reservation located in
Eastern Washington. What caught my eye is the extent at which the 56 Million
gallons of toxic waste has been leaking into the area surrounding the facility.
Now why would this be of
note in a blog like this?
If you've read The Card, you
might recall Van's science teacher, Mr. Han. Van, Zoe and Fred go to him to
help solve the mystery behind Van's Moe Berg baseball card. Han is a paranoid
genius—constantly on the lookout for the next government conspiracy. In the story,
Mr. Han is sure that the Hanford facility is leaking nuclear waste into the
Columbia River.
I guess this is another case
of fiction mimicking reality. The U.S. Energy Department solution is to build one of
the largest industrial construction projects in the nation, both in cost and
sheer size. This vitrification plant will encase the nuclear wasted in
glasslike logs for disposal deep underground. Set to be operational in 2019, it's
estimated that all the waste won't be treated until 2047!
Looks like Mr. Han was on to
something.
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