nuclear bomb Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:18:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Nuclear Waste from Bomb Production Contaminating Groundwater in Hanford, WA https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hanford-nuclear-waste-leak-20130227/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hanford-nuclear-waste-leak-20130227/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:18:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34130 Tanks containing nuclear waste resulted from the production of U.S. nuclear bombs are now a potential hazard for the environment, despite the DoE saying they’re secure. 177 ageing containers at the Hanford Site in Washington store two thirds of the country’s nuclear waste – 200 million liters of radioactive sludge. Our of the 177, 67 […]

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