The claim: (more than 12,000 plutonium pits, plus up to several hundred weapons awaiting disassembly, including the W69/Short-Range Attack Missile, the W79/8-inch artillery shell, and the B53 gravity bomb) Amarillo, 16,000
What it really is: Pantex Plant is the United States's only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant.
The facility has been the site of multiple protests, and currently a 20 acre site located adjacent to the facility called "The Peace Farm" is used as a place of protest and for education about the environment, nuclear proliferation, and peace issues.
Showing posts with label Nuclear waste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nuclear waste. Show all posts
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Savannah River Site, South Carolina
The claim: Aiken, 198,400
What it really is: The Savannah River Site is a nuclear reservation that is owned by the Department of Energy.
The site was built in the 1950's for the refinement of nuclear materials in nuclear weapons, but none of the site's reactors are currently operating.
The facility itself has been the site of major clean up operations.
What it really is: The Savannah River Site is a nuclear reservation that is owned by the Department of Energy.
The site was built in the 1950's for the refinement of nuclear materials in nuclear weapons, but none of the site's reactors are currently operating.
The facility itself has been the site of major clean up operations.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Ohio
The claim: Piketon, 3,708
What it really is: The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant had previously produce enriched uranium, but is now shutdown and is preparing to be decontaminated and decommissioned.
What it really is: The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant had previously produce enriched uranium, but is now shutdown and is preparing to be decontaminated and decommissioned.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Mound Laboratory, Ohio
The claim: Miamisburg, 306
What it really is: Mound Laboratories was a Cold War nuclear weapons research facility. The facility was declared a Superfund site in 1989, and was eventually cleaned up.
The facility has since closed and is now open for commercial development.
What it really is: Mound Laboratories was a Cold War nuclear weapons research facility. The facility was declared a Superfund site in 1989, and was eventually cleaned up.
The facility has since closed and is now open for commercial development.
Fernald Environmental Management Project, Ohio
The claim: Fernald, 1,050
What it really is: The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center was a uranium processing plant that made uranium fuel cores for nuclear weapons. The facility closed in 1989 and the surrounding area has since been turned into a nature preserve.
The facility gained notoriety in 1984 when it was learned that the plant had been releasing millions of pounds worth of radioactive dust into the atmosphere, contaminating the surrounding area and costing $4.4 billion to clean up the site.
What it really is: The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center was a uranium processing plant that made uranium fuel cores for nuclear weapons. The facility closed in 1989 and the surrounding area has since been turned into a nature preserve.
The facility gained notoriety in 1984 when it was learned that the plant had been releasing millions of pounds worth of radioactive dust into the atmosphere, contaminating the surrounding area and costing $4.4 billion to clean up the site.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky
The claim: Paducah, 3,422
What it really is: Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is the only operating uranium enrichment facility in the US, and produces low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
The facility is operated by United States Enrichment Corporation, a subsidiary of USEC Incorporated, a publicly traded corporation.
What it really is: Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is the only operating uranium enrichment facility in the US, and produces low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
The facility is operated by United States Enrichment Corporation, a subsidiary of USEC Incorporated, a publicly traded corporation.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado
The claim: Golden, 6,550
What it really is: The Rocky Flats Plant was a highly controversial nuclear weapons production plant that was subject to numerous criminal investigations over it's mishandling of nuclear waste.
The site itself is now closed and is being cleaned and turned into a wild life refugee.
What it really is: The Rocky Flats Plant was a highly controversial nuclear weapons production plant that was subject to numerous criminal investigations over it's mishandling of nuclear waste.
The site itself is now closed and is being cleaned and turned into a wild life refugee.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico
The claim: none, just listed in FEMA camp location websites.
What it really is: It's the third largest deep geological repository licensed to permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste in the world. The storage area is 650 meters below ground and has enough room to continue accepting nuclear waste for another 25 to 35 years.
Simply due to the sheer nature of what is stored here, I would hope the place would be as secured as a maximum security prison.
What it really is: It's the third largest deep geological repository licensed to permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste in the world. The storage area is 650 meters below ground and has enough room to continue accepting nuclear waste for another 25 to 35 years.
Simply due to the sheer nature of what is stored here, I would hope the place would be as secured as a maximum security prison.
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