If they're concerned they can easily test for leaching. Come back when the tests have been performed instead of speculating.
It doesn't take a test to speculate and look at what is in front of you.
However, it was only envisaged as a temporary fix and the bottom of the crater was never lined leading to fears the waste is leaching into the Pacific.
It also doesn't take a test to come to the realization that maybe what was trapped under their is leaking into the ground and into the ocean.
Yeah, should a test be done? Of course, but it doesn't take a genius to see that a old temporary cap is breaking apart and thus a risk to the environment.
0.001% chance congress actually does the right thing and cleans this up like they promised they would originally.
The worst part is this is actually one of the better nuclear disposal sites.
I remember seeing a video about this awhile back. If this thing ever completely corrodes it could literally doom the whole planet because of how much nuclear waste is contained there.
Please note that this isn't a container for nuclear reactor waste, this is a storage facility for the detritus and fall-out from the US's incredibly irresponsible nuclear tests during the 50s and 60s. It's way, way worse than any reactor waste storage leak could ever be, because it's like a miniature dirty bomb encapsulated in a shitty, shitty containment dome built basically as a feel-good maneuveur for the government to pat itself on the back and pretend like it isn't evil for nuking the shit out of a bunch of Pacific islands for 20 years and exposing hundreds of civilians and soldiers to radioactive fallout.. "O-oh, but we cleaned it up!!"
The article says it was intended for a temporary fix, similar to how we put spent nuclear fuel in concrete canisters at nuclear power plants.
The problem is that no politician wants to address a permanent nuclear waste solution with a 10-mile pole because no one wants to house a permanent repository for nuclear/radioactive waste. This is independent of whether its atomic bomb testing leftovers, spent nuclear fuel, or contaminated soil from accidents. Handling nuclear waste is time consuming, expensive, and politically unfavorable when the question of where to put it to store permanently arises.
We have the technology to design and implement storage solutions where the radiation is contained and that it will last for hundreds of years to let the radiation decay away. Doing this requires public support, financial support, and technical support. I would argue this is 70% a political issue and 30% a technical issue. We have money to build these locations but we need the politicians to allocate it accordingly.
Even though this is bad, can we focus on doing something about coal/fossil fuels first? This dome, could ruin the earth, coal will, and is ruining the earth
They didn't line the bottom... What are they, stupid?
It's literally an impact crater from a nuclear detonation. There really isn't any way to line underneath it, it was just a bad idea to begin with.
and the hundreds of soldiers that built this thing are all dying of cancer because of it and the DoD denied them healthcare for decades because they could.
Also it's already proven to be thoroughly ineffective as radiation levels around the dome are higher than inside it, and seawater is flowing in and out.
the island was nuked several times, the dome just contained the worst of the radioactive material
Secondary to this we have all the tech for breeder reactors to burn down this waste and fallout but uninformed NIMBYs continue to be a problem.
So its even more of a political issue.
Stuff like this really makes the US government seem as evil as North Korea. If you can't even treat the soldiers you expose to horrible illnesses with basic human dignity, you're the scum of the earth.
the majority of radioactive waste though isn't actual fuel its things that have handled radioactive material like beakers, concrete, asbestos insulation ect ect and storing that is even worse than the fuel
Just pile an ice wall around like fukishima?
That, is not a solution.
"Radioactivity, no, stay back behind the line!"
The problem is not humans coming near it, the problem is it's already failed and leaking.
Source?
Okay, I'll be honest-it was some clickbaity type video, I can't seem to find anymore, but still, nuclear waste is terrifying stuff.
Also old fire detectors, they only contain a tiny but of radioactive products but they're still technically radioactive waste and have to be handled as such whenever a building is demolished.
glad you recognize that terror is informed by clickbait you can't even remember a single piece of information about
I can't imagine a heap of nuclear weapon related waste would have a bigger impact on the planet than the collective nuclear blasts that created them.
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