To: Roads End who wrote (11825 ) 3/17/2011 12:34:11 AM From: loantech Read Replies (1) | Respond to Why Riechers and I do not sleep well at night. <G>During the Cold War, the project was expanded to include nine nuclear reactors and five large plutonium processing complexes, which produced plutonium for most of the 60,000 weapons in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.[2][3] Nuclear technology developed rapidly during this period, and Hanford scientists produced many notable technological achievements. Many of the early safety procedures and waste disposal practices were inadequate, and government documents have since confirmed that Hanford's operations released significant amounts of radioactive materials into the air and the Columbia River, which threatened the health of residents and ecosystems.[4] [7][8] and is the focus of the nation's largest environmental cleanup.[2]en.wikipedia.org earthquake.usgs.gov <Though the Sumatra and Cascadia subduction zones differ, Witter says, a tsunami here would be much the same. Witter says. "We need to be very cautious and prepare for that event. It may not happen in a person's lifetime, but if it does, it's going to be equivalent to a Katrina-like event." oregonlive.com
