Another little shaker at Hanford
Just a 1.0, at about 9:30 tonight, but right across the river from our region's disgusting nuclear wasteland. That's three earthquakes in the same place in less than three weeks. If a big one hits up there, there'll be hell to pay from all the nuclear waste that's sitting around in old tanks and spent fuel pools.
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Quakes at Hanford are not rare. They have come in swarms, as late as 2009:
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/small_earthquake_swarm_hits_ha.html
Posted by Lawrence | May 19, 2011 7:01 AM
Another reason why Hanford should not become the nation's repository and dispository for radioactive materials and hazardous chemicals. There's a hearing tonight at the Doubletree Hotel in the Lloyd Center in Portland- 5:30-9:30 PM. DOE is considering doubling the waste at Hanford and adding much more plutonium to the mix. The three earthquakes there the past week can be taken as a sign that nature is giving us... which I hope testifiers will let the DOE know...
Posted by Barbara LaMorticella | May 19, 2011 10:40 AM