myla reson | Deconstructed WIPP News (3.25.14) @mylareson | Uploaded July 2014 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Deconstruction of 3.25.2014 WIPP news report which minimizes the seriousness of worker internal radioactive contamination and the nature of the waste dumped at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
WIPP is a dump for plutonium contaminated nuclear weapons waste. KOAT's Alana Grimstad described it as a place where "low level nuclear waste is stored". This description is common and misleading.
WIPP is not a "storage" facility for "low level" nuclear waste - it is a permanent repository for plutonium contaminated nuclear weapons waste. Waste that is so dangerous that billions of dollars have been spent to dump it about a half mile below the Earth's surface.
Following the radiation release detected on Valentines Day 2014, 22 WIPP workers tested positive for internal radioactive contamination. This is tragic. Their exposure could have been prevented. In years to come there's a likelihood that many will develop cancer resulting from plutonium and americium lodged in their lungs, bones, livers, etc.
DoE is advancing a narrative that these workers were not hurt.
There's nothing "safe" about WIPP.
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Deconstruction of 3.25.2014 WIPP news report which minimizes the seriousness of worker internal radioactive contamination and the nature of the waste dumped at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
WIPP is a dump for plutonium contaminated nuclear weapons waste. KOAT's Alana Grimstad described it as a place where "low level nuclear waste is stored". This description is common and misleading.
WIPP is not a "storage" facility for "low level" nuclear waste - it is a permanent repository for plutonium contaminated nuclear weapons waste. Waste that is so dangerous that billions of dollars have been spent to dump it about a half mile below the Earth's surface.
Following the radiation release detected on Valentines Day 2014, 22 WIPP workers tested positive for internal radioactive contamination. This is tragic. Their exposure could have been prevented. In years to come there's a likelihood that many will develop cancer resulting from plutonium and americium lodged in their lungs, bones, livers, etc.
DoE is advancing a narrative that these workers were not hurt.
There's nothing "safe" about WIPP.
Thanks for watching!
Please subscribe.