“You have no technology to eliminate radioactive waste once it’s made by man”

11-12-19  “You have no technology to eliminate radioactive waste once it’s made by man,” Rose Hayes, a Medical Anthropologist said.  https://www.wjbf.com/csra-news/public-interest-group-opposes-srs-plutonium-bomb-plan-wants-clean-up/

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Dr. Hayes served on the U.S, Department of Energy Site Specific Advisory Board for the Savannah River nuclear plant,, chairing its Nuclear Materials Committee from 2009-2015. She has served on many other national boards and authored publications in nuclear waste management. https://www.diannshaddoxfoundation.org/2019-aws-authors-blog/author-rose-hayes

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RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — High-risk demolition of a former nuclear weapons production plant could resume next week, nearly two years after the most dangerous work was halted because of safety concerns.

Work on the most dangerous portions of demolishing the Plutonium Finishing Plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was halted in December 2017 after particles of the radioactive substance contaminated workers and the environment. But lower risk demolition has continued.

The Tri-City Herald reports that demolition work on the most contaminated portions of the 1940s-era plant could resume as early as next week.  The plant was part of the plutonium production process at Hanford, which is located near the Tri-Cities.  Plutonium is a key ingredient in nuclear weapons and this factory produced about two-thirds of the nation’s supply during the Cold War.  https://q13fox.com/2019/11/01/demolition-of-former-plutonium-plant-could-resume-next-week-at-hanford/