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Thunderbeast

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2. It is inevitable that the radioactive plume will eventually reach the Columbia River.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu May 15, 2025, 11:52 AM

May 15

Trump is clearly not interested in protecting those of us who live downstream from Hanford. In the haste to build the bombs that ended the war with Japan, the scientists of the day left the problem of waste management to future generations. The tanks ARE leaking. The radioactive effluent is heading toward the Coumbia.

I live downstream. I fear for the damage this will cause to my community.

Oregon and Washington are deep blue states... far away from Florida. Trump does not give a damn about what happens here. No opportunities for grift.

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The US buried millions of gallons of wartime nuclear waste - Doge cuts could wreck the cleanup [View all] cbabe May 15 OP

We are in apocalyptic times. John1956PA May 15 #1

It is inevitable that the radioactive plume will eventually reach the Columbia River. Thunderbeast May 15 #2

Radioactive Waste Still Flooding Columbia River, EPA Says/2017 cbabe May 15 #3

I'm very familiar with the science of Hanford and have written about it here. NNadir May 15 #4