So part of WA is radioactive

[LHutton]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-19/catastrophic-thousands-gallons-radioactive-waste-leak-washington-nuclear-storage-sit#comment-7455336

[Mirage]

Pretty crazy, I feel like the same kind of shit is going on at Savannah River Site while my state/governor just keeps letting them pile it up there.

[speedpimp]

It's the Hanford site. Place I worked at for ten years made the hoses that were used to transfer that slop.

[LHutton]

So it's your fault.:mad:

:p

[speedpimp]

Never had anything to do with that end of the business. I presume the liners they're using aren't holding up like they thought they would.

[Dicknose]

Is there currently any danger to the public?
It read as it was only a danger to the people working with the stuff (not that that means it should be ignored)

[speedpimp]

DN, according to the state of Washington there is no immediate risk to the public. (http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/nwp/sections/tankwaste/closure/pages/tank_leak_FAQ.html#Is_there_a_threat_to_public_hea lth) Lots of other useful info there as well.

[Rare White Ape]

So, essentially this is yet another beat-up about something that people are already aware of and working on?

[LHutton]

Depends how cynically you look at things. Historically governments have been known to play down the effects of nuclear incidents... fracking... involvement in foreign coups... scandals... I guess what I'm saying is they lie a lot.

[21Kid]

So, essentially this is yet another beat-up about something that people are already aware of and working on?

Yup.