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"ST. LOUIS -- Beneath the surface of a St. Louis-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by no more than 1,200 feet.
Government officials have quietly adopted an emergency plan in case the smoldering embers ever reach the waste, a potentially "catastrophic event" that could send up a plume of radioactive smoke over a densely populated area near the city's main airport.
Although the fire at Bridgeton Landfill has been burning since at least 2010, the plan for a worst-case scenario was developed only a year ago and never publicized until this week, when St. Louis radio station KMOX first obtained a copy."
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: intrptr
Probably because the nuclear waste is not on fire. Spontaneous combustion in landfills is not all that uncommon.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: intrptr
Yeah, all the more reason to green light yucca mountain.
But in this case the nuclear waste is not burning. Yet...
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: intrptr
Yeah, all the more reason to green light yucca mountain.
But in this case the nuclear waste is not burning. Yet...
Turns out, Yucca mountain isn't as "stable" as they thought. Other reasons, like the danger in transporting waste by road and rail across country to a repository aren't lost on the communities they have to bring it through.
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originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: intrptr
Yeah, all the more reason to green light yucca mountain.
But in this case the nuclear waste is not burning. Yet...
Turns out, Yucca mountain isn't as "stable" as they thought. Other reasons, like the danger in transporting waste by road and rail across country to a repository aren't lost on the communities they have to bring it through.
Wiki
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: intrptr
Yeah, all the more reason to green light yucca mountain.
But in this case the nuclear waste is not burning. Yet...
Turns out, Yucca mountain isn't as "stable" as they thought. Other reasons, like the danger in transporting waste by road and rail across country to a repository aren't lost on the communities they have to bring it through.
Wiki