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Loading contaminated soil into a truck near the Hanford Nuclear site. A former plutonium production reactor is in the background.
Geophysics

Hanford nuclear waste retrieval resumes with better technology (GPR)

July 1, 2010 rockman Geophysics Comments Off on Hanford nuclear waste retrieval resumes with better technology (GPR)

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) imaging of the subsurface tied to GPS mapping will allow the CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company to have a better idea of what is buried at the site before excavating for […]

Press Releases

20 years of Yucca Mountain research now available for scientific review

May 31, 2007 rockman Press Releases Comments Off on 20 years of Yucca Mountain research now available for scientific review

Boulder, Colorado, USA — The scientific community can now take a long-awaited look at the research behind the selection of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the nation’s high-level radioactive waste repository.

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The tunnels of the Bure laboratory are still being carved out of the 150 million-year-old rock.
Miscellaneous

France starts on nuclear waste storage project

August 16, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on France starts on nuclear waste storage project

Apparently the French are working on their nuclear waste storage facility, they already have a research laboratory constructed about 1/2-km underground. The actual repository will come on line around 2025 and be one of the […]