Nuke Facility Roof Collapse

Reported the collapse.

Nuke facility roof collapse.

On may 9 workers discovered a 20 foot diameter hole where the roof had collapsed on a makeshift nuclear waste site. The collapse happened just before noon at a u s. The site no longer. Rafferty said a call to 911 at 8 12 a m.

But roof collapse is a possible event if there is a thin layer of anhydrite above the roof salt and the salt separates from the base of the anhydrite strata. The men were repairing the roof of the russian space shuttle hangar at the cosmodrome the principal location for russia s rocket launches when three of five columns supporting the roof fell. Officials at the wipp have said they believe a large section of an underground roof collapsed in the underground facility storing radioactive waste from nuclear warheads smashing barrels full of nuclear waste and allowing large amounts of radioactive material to spill. An image released in the aftermath of the natanz incident and satellite images released abroad showed significant damage including ripped out doors scorch marks and a collapsed roof at a.

A tunnel sealed in 1965 encasing old railroad cars and equipment contaminated with radiation through years of plutonium processing. Ten people were injured in three rain related roof collapse incidents the edhi ambulance service said. A fire department hazardous materials team was on the site of another roof collapse saturday morning at the harcross chemical co. Three people were hurt when the roof of a post office facility in houston fell on them during severe weather thursday.

Hanford which is overseen by the us department of energy doe is a cold war era facility that led us production of plutonium for use in tens of thousands of nuclear weapons. This possibility was recognized early in wipp design exercises most nuclear waste is stored where it is generated which usually means at nuclear power plants.