Thread I 60 min : Hanover, WA--contam nuck site-creeping toward Columbia

[rodeodance]

River. report coming up. along with Colbert

[MazeRat7]

1. Maybe you should rename this 60mins thread 1...

I suspect many here will be watching...

Just a suggestion

MZr7

[rodeodance]

42. thanks, I did

[rustydog]

48. Do you not mean HANFORD nuclear reservation?

Which is located in Central Washington state and the beautiful Columbia River winds through the home to nuclear waste and failed breeder reactor?

[leftchick]

2. omg this is awful!

"a small cup of it could kill everyone in a restaurant in minutes!"

[rodeodance]

4. Engerg Dept has not cleaned it up. 157 tanks (BIG ones)

[rodeodance]

6. tanks are leaking already. Lesley was here in 2001

[rodeodance]

7. Left over contamination from Manhateen Project!

[BrklynLiberal]

19. delete

[MazeRat7]

3. 1million gallons leaked to date.

[rodeodance]

10. seems it leaked into the ground?--not the atmosphere. Right?

[motocicleta]

47. Yes. I've been hearing about this for years, being downstream in

Portland.

[trof]

5. HOLY SHIT!

Words fail.

[rodeodance]

8. Energy Dept went ahead knowing their tanks were not strong enough to

hold the clean up waste.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. Underestimated by 40% how strong the building had to be to withstand

an earthquake!!!???? The energy department!!???
What a crock of crapola!!!:puke:

Bechtel? Anther one of BushCO's cronies!! What a shock!?

[MazeRat7]

11. As an engineer, I would be fired in a heartbeat for that kind of error.

[rodeodance]

14. 'they gave the wrong design specs to the manufactor"

[rodeodance]

16. then installed with defects which they knew were wrong-saying they

would fix later.

[MazeRat7]

17. what are they using new grads or high school students WTF ?

where are the senior engineers on this project ?

[MazeRat7]

34. This just confirms my Carlin momemt.....

we're no killing the planet...we're killing ourselves.

If that brew hits the major rivers, its going to decimate that region. And we thought Katrina was bad.

Gezzz.... this is really disturbing.


MZr7

[rodeodance]

12. Energy dept went ahead for 3 years--finishing buildings but equipment

would NOT fit into building.

[rodeodance]

13. 2001-2005

[BrklynLiberal]

15. Lesley Stahl sounds like she is going to have a stroke. She is so

totally appalled!!!

[rodeodance]

18. they asked for and got 15$ million bonus. yup--then they found another

defect.

[BrklynLiberal]

20. Bechtel and Brown&Root are in the same busness: stealing from taxpayers

[Grateful for Hope]

32. My company employs Bechtel contractors

They work in our engineering department.

In the past, they made unreasonable demands about accommodations, and were highly displeased that our company differentiates between contractors and employees.

I couldn't believe their audacity...but, then, I think Bechtel as a whole encourages this attitude.

[rodeodance]

21. said, Engergy Dept failed and the contractor (Becktel-? spelling). Failed

[BrklynLiberal]

28. And how does that help the people in the path of this contamination?.

DUH??

You can be sure tho govt won't pay for any of the medical problems they develop.

[rodeodance]

33. Town is deserted for many years but sure have lots of workers running

around.

[rucky]

40. It's Bechtel. Do some googling and be shocked. n/t

[rodeodance]

22. geesh, do you hear the Energy Dept-? trying to explain it away.

[BrklynLiberal]

23. riiiiiiight. Keep dancing.

[rodeodance]

24. his attitude is : Things happen but are taking steps to fix it.

[rodeodance]

25. They DO have ground water contamination!! migrating towards Columbia

River.

[trof]

26. Don'tcha LOVE the gummint guy?

"We're reaching out for extensive external reviews to mup mup mup fog fog fog and harumph ahem ahem um um something something total nonsense."

[rodeodance]

27. now she is worried that Congress will cut funding for Hanover!

[rodeodance]

29. 16 years -this has been going on: she says Gravity is working against

them (contamintion going into Columbia River

[trof]

31. Well, 9/11. Gotta pay for the wah on terrah, dontcha know.

yeppers
:grr:

[rodeodance]

36. seem like the real terror will desend on the Columbia River people/en-

viroment.

[XOKCowboy]

30. Hanford is a scary place...

My brother worked out there back in the late 70's as a pipefitter. On his last day on the job I had to drive out from Pasco to pick him up. I had to pass through at least 2 guard stations as I drove down this long road road through the desert. There would be a signs with long acronyms pointing to roads that literally went over the hill to nowhere. It was creepy because of all the secrecy. Especially to me, a young hippie who mistrusted the government anyway.

At that time the Tri-Cities was still very GungHo nuclear energy. My brother went in a proponent but left Hanford completely anti-nuclear anything. He basically left a job where he was making about $100K per year because he was worried about his unborn children. He never said much more beyond that.

[rodeodance]

38. sounds like it scared him for good.

[BrklynLiberal]

35. They should all be procsecuted for involuntary manslaughter and sent to

jail, becasue we KNOW that people will die because of this. And lets not even talk about the environmental disaster to the entire area that will affect animals and vegetation.

[rodeodance]

41. I so tire of this crap. and it goes on and on.

[MazeRat7]

37. Oh boy time to discuss a fictional novel.....

[rodeodance]

39. it is interesting story to me. I started the book.

[Grateful for Hope]

43. The book was excellent n/t

[ralps]

44. Here's the Colbert Report segment!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Kali]

45. that's it????

what is going on???

[rodeodance]

46. here is a thread on Colbert (interview)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1067388

[ConsAreLiars]

49. Here's a link to one of the key orgs that has been fighting on this issue.

http://www.heartofamericanorthwest.org/index_page.html

See especially the Hanford History link.