Manhattan Project debris is finally being removed

[@misha1980]

I don't understand cubic yards, can you convert that to double cheeseburgers or Olympic swimming pools?

[@workingbum]

35274 double cheese burgers

[@stickynorth]

Dump trucks worth would have done it but that guy didn't GAF...

[@goforride187]

Freight train worth of dirt

[@Lars559]

About 400 dump truck loads

[@TheDieselndust]

A cubic yard = 27 cubic feet. 3x3x3=27

[@paulkurilecz4209]

Any information on the waste characterization? Which radionuclides? What is the level of radioactivity? Are there any demonstrated cancer clusters or other disease or illness occurrences? Or is this just an overreaction?

[@damonabets3779]

It’s a good question unfortunately he didn’t have a geiger counter. So we don’t know. I think every media journalist who does this type of radio activity news journalism should have one.

[@paulkurilecz4209]

@@damonabets3779 I dug around a little bit and got past all of the media reports to actually find something from the DOE about it. Most of the waste is considered low level. The plant was actually an ore processing plant. If I am correct in my understanding of the situation, the waste is likely the tailings from the ore processing. In its natural concentration, uranium is primarily the U-238 isotope which does not have near the activity of the U-235 isotope. The separation of the U-235 isotope occurred at places like Oak Ridge. It seems that there was previous remediation done to place clay caps over the low level waste pits. One thing that I find interesting is that there is no mention of the risk of a truck accident from the thousands of trucks traveling to the facility in Michigan.

[@jenniferhoffman6920]

Why is it OK to have radioactive waste buried? I live near Waste Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri. Then, there is an area near Lambert airport that has contaminated creeks. People that live off that creek and around the landfill have higher rates of cancer and other illnesses. There is a group that has been fighting for over 15 years for the government to actually do some thing!

[@scottholtzman3161]

So let’s dump it in Michigan??

[@TheIggypop1]

Yep bs

[@jllmmjj]

radioactive waste isnt as dangerous as most think it is. this stuff is safely contained

[@F.o.s.t.e.r.]

​@@jllmmjjthen why move it?

[@jllmmjj]

@@F.o.s.t.e.r. probably because people are uneducated, also, after a while they do need to replace some of the barrels. Manhattan project was over 50+ years ago, containment methods have improved since then and there was a lot of waste with that project so they may just be doing it to improve future conditions. I'm not sure. Most likely people are being idiots and not doing their research and complaining about stuff they know nothing about

[@F.o.s.t.e.r.]

@@jllmmjj like I said in the other comment, if it's not that big of a deal, why not restore in your own state? As you pointed out, Love Canal is a large super fund site that could easily accommodate this "non dangerous" waste. Instead y'all are moving it across the street from a middle school in Michigan.

[@F.o.s.t.e.r.]

Why not take it to Love Canal? Y'all already ruined that area.

[@jllmmjj]

@@F.o.s.t.e.r. Love canal is a super fund site. They're actually in the process of cleaning it up. It's just going to take an insanely long time with a space that big

[@F.o.s.t.e.r.]

@@jllmmjj so, it's better to dispose of this nuclear waste in another state? Directly across the street from a middle school, instead of in a town that's already abandoned and monitored?

[@IanCthrwd]

Rocky Flatts in Colorado comes to mind. Its near a ‘newly’ build neighborhood.

[@russcrawford3310]

Why fool with the 90 when Ontario's 400's are straight across? ... must be a government operation ...

[@paulkurilecz4209]

Probably because the Canadians won't allow the waste to travel through their country.

[@russcrawford3310]

@@paulkurilecz4209 - Right ... a government operation ...

[@sgtpepperz25]

Getting removed and moved to a poorer area, let them deal with it....

[@Wayfarer001]

Love canal 2?

[@Wayfarer001]

4000 truck loads.

[@TireSmokers]

What about the dirt that falls off there truck an Wheels

[@Watk72]

Why the hell is it coming to Michigan!!??😡🤬

[@davidbryant3532]

Why not? Michigan is the perfect cess pool to dump it. Look around your state...it's a democrat disaster.

[@charlesboswell8308]

Yay. Can't wait until they dump their waste a few miles from my house....

[@shawnsanders2182]

The real story!!!!! you dropped the ball , Manhattan project buried behind HOUSE'S AND A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TONAWANDA!!!!!!!

[@jllmmjj]

its not THAT dangerous XD this just shows you know NOTHING

[@shawnsanders2182]

@@jllmmjj tell you a story people DIED on my street from CANCER!!! I know nothing my ass helicopters flying over the houses measuring RADIATION A HOLE .WSF helped in manufacturing the MANHATTAN PROJECT AND BURRIED THE SHIT BEHIND HOUSE'S AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO KISS MY ASS DICKHEAD.

[@F.o.s.t.e.r.]

So they're moving it to a school yard in Michigan?

[@jllmmjj]

@@F.o.s.t.e.r. no?

[@F.o.s.t.e.r.]

@@jllmmjj McBride Middle School is literally across the street from where they're dumping this, and Rawsonville Elementary is walking distance. Meanwhile, Love Canal is abandoned and already a perfect dumping site where this stuff should go.

[@joeaun61]

Yes let’s pop the cap on this toxic site; then here’s a great idea.. we will just leave the truly toxic stuff there and figure out “in a couple years” Thanks for converter from yards to tons I’m sure the weight could never change with moisture content. Sounds better for your clown story though.