Officials at the wipp have said they believe a large section of an underground roof collapsed in the underground facility storing radioactive waste from nuclear warheads smashing barrels full of nuclear waste and allowing large amounts of radioactive material to spill.
Nuke facility roof collapse.
Hanford which is overseen by the us department of energy doe is a cold war era facility that led us production of plutonium for use in tens of thousands of nuclear weapons.
A tunnel sealed in 1965 encasing old railroad cars and equipment contaminated with radiation through years of plutonium processing.
The site no longer.
Ten people were injured in three rain related roof collapse incidents the edhi ambulance service said.
Last week s accident at the hanford nuclear reservation should have come as no surprise.
A fire department hazardous materials team was on the site of another roof collapse saturday morning at the harcross chemical co.
But roof collapse is a possible event if there is a thin layer of anhydrite above the roof salt and the salt separates from the base of the anhydrite strata.
An image released in the aftermath of the natanz incident and satellite images released abroad showed significant damage including ripped out doors scorch marks and a collapsed roof at a.
Rafferty said a call to 911 at 8 12 a m.
On may 9 workers discovered a 20 foot diameter hole where the roof had collapsed on a makeshift nuclear waste site.
First ventilators production facility opened must read.
A section of the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine collapsed under the weight of snow officials said raising new concerns about the condition of the facility that was the site of the world s worst nuclear accident.
This possibility was recognized early in wipp design exercises most nuclear waste is stored where it is generated which usually means at nuclear power plants.
Reported the collapse.