Monday, October 19, 2015

Putting A Lid On Nuclear Waste

Letter in Chemical & Engineering News Magazine blames Sandia for nuclear constipation. The lab, partnered with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), is close to finalizing action on Sandia’s Mixed Waste Landfill dump. For 30 years, Sandia haphazardly dumped toxic (mercury, sodium, volatile organic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, etc.) and radioactive materials (remnants of Sandia reactor experiments plus lots of imported waste) in unlined pits.

http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i37/Putting-Lid-Nuclear-Waste.html
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