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

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Swedish Nuclear Waste Repository Could Begin Construction in 2016

June 24, 2009 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Swedish Nuclear Waste Repository Could Begin Construction in 2016

ENR reports that a nuclear waste repository for spent nuclear fuel in Sweden could begin construction as early as 2016. The facility would consist of 50km of tunnels in granite bedrock up to 500-m deep. […]

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More Nuclear Power – No Geologic Repository

March 10, 2010 rockman Rockman's Ramblings Comments Off on More Nuclear Power – No Geologic Repository

President Obama’s decision to cut funding to Yucca Mountain has, for me, been the most disappointing decision he has made so far in his presidency. And yet he has also professed his desire to increase […]