uranium contamination Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:54:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Uranium Contamination of Ground Water continues to be a Problem https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uranium-contamination-groundwater-2015 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uranium-contamination-groundwater-2015#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:47:19 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=51649 Despite the belief that natural groundwater would flush out remaining uranium at former power plants, this turns out not to be the case. The diluting effects of nearby rivers are furthermore far less effective than expected.  In response to this issue, research is underway at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to understand why […]

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