'Kitty litter' Blamed for Explosive Nuclear Leak; Buried Study Sounde
Channel: Kathy Reed
Date: 15/05/2014

Years of safety testing... major precautionary steps -- all to make sure the waste isolation pilot plant near carlsbad was safe. now after 15 years-- it appears kitty litter may have shut the plant down. ryan luby investigates a bizarre theory on how the pet product may have caused the february radiation leak at wipp. ryan... yes, we're talking about the type of cat litter you can buy at your local grocery store. the scientist says the cheap, clay cat litter actually makes nuclear waste safer to ship. but he believes someone switched to a different type of litter, causing that leak inside this big room at wipp. talk about opening a can of worms! bet you didn't know the stuff that gives you a breath of fresh air next to the litter box, also lets nuclear scientists breathe a sigh of relief. doctor jim conca, who once monitored wipp for years, recently addressed this idea on forbes. that's how it's supposed to go at least. but he believes the people who packed some of the drums that went to wipp, which then leaked, likely switched to an organic cat litter. he says it has a different chemical compound, which likely caused pressure to build up inside the drums themselves. he says proof is in the pictures -- the fact that burn marks appeared around the edges of the drums, and the fact that the rest of the room is intact. seeing that, he believes fault lies not with wipp, but with the company that brought those drums to wipp. that company never called or wrote me back. jim says none of this would have ever been an issue if this room had reached capacity, and been sealed up. there are lots of rooms like this. wipp is a final resting place for all that waste, buried nearly a half mile underground, in a salt basin that's nearly impentrable. 

'Kitty litter' blamed for explosive nuclear leak at WIPP — "Incredibly important to act quickly" — 'All these drums' are at risk, including at other sites — Must be gathered 'right away' before they also burst — Summer heat will increase instability — Storage rooms must be sealed off to contain future 'events'
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Buried study sounded alarm about Hanford vapors
Richland, Wash. - A 1997 study by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) drew groundbreaking conclusions about the potential hazards of chemical vapor releases to workers at the Hanford Site. But KING 5 has found that the results of that study were never made public, shared with Hanford workers or members of the federally chartered Hanford Advisory Board.
For the first time, scientists working at the renowned lab in Richland, managed by the Department of Energy'sOffice of Science, concluded that emissions from underground nuclear waste tanks had the potential to cause cancer and other serious diseases if workers near the vapors weren't wearing full respiratory protective gear. Historically, workers had been told the worksite was safe because chemical releases were nearly always below OSHA levels.

http://www.king5.com/news/investigators/Derailed-study-sounded-alarm-about-Hanford-vapors-259155341.html