According to the commission, the hole goes six feet down into the soil below the Westinghouse factory’s concrete floor. While the commission cannot yet say whether the toxic substance has leached into the area’s groundwater, agency records show that the soil beneath the plant contains 1,300 times the amount of uranium typically found in soil.
The commission learned of the leak on July 12, and still does not have results on recent groundwater tests, which would show whether pollution had washed into the area’s water supply.
State Department of Health and Environmental Control officials said that the leak does not pose a threat to local water supplies, but activists are concerned that Congaree National Park, a vast wetland just several miles from the plant, may be contaminated.
“It’s a pretty big concern if you have an unknown quantity of material containing uranium leaching into the groundwater,” local anti-nuclear activist Tom Clements told The State. Exposure to uranium can cause kidney failure and can increase a person’s risk of cancer.
The Westinghouse fuel factory turns uranium into several types of fuel for nuclear reactors. Fuel manufactured at the South Carolina facility is used in nuclear reactors in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Despite boasting that “no company is more focused on nuclear fuel reliability,” Westinghouse’s South Carolina factory has seen its share of safety foul-ups in the past. The plant was shut down two years ago following a uranium build-up in an air pollution control device.
Last year, a hose malfunction sprayed a worker with a toxic solution, sending him fleeing to an emergency decontamination shower. In both cases, the company resolved to hire new management and overhaul its safety procedures.
The factory has been operational for almost five decades, and is one of a handful of nuclear fuel factories in the US. At present, its federal operating license is up for renewal.
The plant is still operating, but the section where the hole was discovered has been shut down until repairs can be completed.
Makati1 on Wed, 25th Jul 2018 7:25 pm
This made me laugh: “US Farmers Revolt: “We Don’t Want Handouts””
“Bloomberg reports that farmers across the United States are pushing back against the Trump administration’s pledge to provide $12 billion in assistance to farms impacted by the ongoing trade war. … We assume this means farmers, or at least Neal and whoever else Bloomberg is talking about, will promptly refuse their portion of up to $20 billion per year in federal agriculture subsidies.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-25/us-farmers-revolt-we-dont-want-handouts
LMAO! Slip slidin’…
Makati1 on Wed, 25th Jul 2018 7:28 pm
BTW: I am sure this “leak” is only one of many covered up by the government and corporations across America. Love Canals everywhere.
Slip slidin’…
MASTERMIND on Wed, 25th Jul 2018 7:32 pm
Mattel is cutting over 2,200 workers after sales plummeted in the Toys “R” Us aftermath
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-25/mattel-slashes-workforce-as-sales-sink-on-toys-r-us-demise
And the media told us Toys R US went under because all the sales were going online..Busted!
Go Speed Racer on Wed, 25th Jul 2018 8:47 pm
What we could do,
Is line up 7 or 8 old sofa’s and
old recliners in a vacant lot.
If we sprinkle that contaminated soil
all over the sofa cushions and then we
light it all off with a can of gas,
The sofa fire will dry out that contaminated
soil and the black smoke will carry away
the radiation,
At the very end all that will be left is
a pile of old metal coil springs and
some black ash.
It’s jmportant to not let every little
radiation leak, turn into a multi-
million dollar boondoggle.
Anonymouse1 on Wed, 25th Jul 2018 10:07 pm
Exceptionalturd, just what, does a story, about Toys R uS, have to do with a story about a radioactive leak in a plant in a place called ‘South Carolina’. Do even know? Or is that just your mental breakdown rendering you incapable of understanding….anything any longer?
With you going off the deep end the way you have been lately, being on topic is mostly incidental these days. Still, Id like to hear(in your own rambling, disjointed words of course,) what you think the link between Toys R uS and the subject of the article above is.
Outcast_Searcher on Wed, 25th Jul 2018 10:11 pm
And yet, given how much he blathers, apparently he thinks anyone cares what nonsense he writes.
Makati1 on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 12:16 am
“Radioactive Cesium-137 From Fukushima Found In California Wine”
Now isn’t that interesting? “Multiple reactors at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant melted down after 50-foot a tsunami wave crashed through barriers and knocked out the reactors’ backup generators. The disaster spewed radioactive fallout into the air and water…Japanese officials admitted there was a cover-up, and there was a concerted effort to downplay the significance of the reactor meltdowns.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-22/radioactive-cesium-137-fukushima-found-california-wine
I’m glad my wine is local and not imported.
Makati1 on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 6:42 am
“It’s a truism that everyone is a potential criminal just as everyone is a potential terrorist. Yourself included. You are no longer innocent until proven guilty in the USA. You are guilty until proven innocent (and that could take decades, or a lifetime, or longer). If you see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing and do nothing while the number of “suspects” rises from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to millions, then who is going to speak up or do anything for you when you become a “suspect” and get put under 24/7 “surveillance” for years? Or decades. Or the rest of your life.”
https://www.globalresearch.ca/united-states-of-paranoia-surveillance-of-suspects-or-gang-stalking-targeted-individuals/5648596
MASTERMIND on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 7:03 am
Chinese factory making Trump 2020 flags
https://imgur.com/a/l3x8zAo
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 7:18 am
3rd world, we are still safer here than most places in Asia from the police state. Your reference is exaggerated and extreme. This is expected being from global extremist news dot com.
Duncan Idaho on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 8:41 am
“3rd world, we are still safer here than most places in Asia from the police state. ”
So why do we have the largest prison population?
Inquiring minds want to know—–
deadly on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 8:43 am
You have to burn lignite coal, process the ash, then you can obtain uranium. Lignite coal contains uranium, that is what was done.
A small hole at a nuclear facility is a non-issue when you have mined coal by the ton, then burn it in open pits, then haul the ash a thousand miles, has more impact on the environment.
Uraniferous lignite coal will get you some uranium.
Then you can build a nuclear power plant, burning coal comes first, though.
Fossil fuels will never be replaced, civilization will collapse if fossil fuels deplete to zero.
Still going to take a while for that to happen.
A lot of huffing and puffing in the meantime, so carry on.
Uraniferous Lignite Coal
What are you gonna do? Gotta have energy.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 8:50 am
Idaho, for inquiring minds, prison populations were not the subject. Surveillance is the topic not general criminality. How many people are locked up because they are political prisoners? I never said we were safer in regards to the dangers of being subjected to violence and theft.
Duncan Idaho on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 9:04 am
Oh, I see, we just have a larger prison population, but “surveillance” is the topic. They just check you out rather than locking you up?
MASTERMIND on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 9:26 am
Leave some ladies for the rest of us “Proud Boy”..
https://imgur.com/A7uLTeg
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 9:28 am
Idaho, decide what you want to talk about please then we can nitpick. Is it general criminality or of the political variety including terror related. Get back to me inquiring minds would like to know.
BobInget on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 9:36 am
Greatly improved NUKES will make a comeback.
Someday.
In the meantime, closing down, cleaning up after old timers will be horribly expensive.
Duncan Idaho on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 9:47 am
Ok–
Rather than locking people up (like the US) we will talk about threatening to lock them up?
The deference is decisive!
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 10:00 am
How about answering my question. If we are talking political related then China has a more effective repressive apparatus. If we are talking general criminality the US has one of the worst populations and the worst repression of that population for violence and drug related offenses. Most of these people are poor. A disproportionate amount of these people are of color. If we were in China we would not even be having this discussion on a forum like this.
Anonymouse1 on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 11:52 am
No one here answers to you, excptionalturd. You’ve already brought up toys R uS, and now you are back to sharing your worn-out Sino-phobia with everyone. Like anyone cares.
….In a story about radioactive leaks at a plant somewhere in amerika.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 12:02 pm
Asperger, I have your last comment documented. It was barely a comment but it will do. It will be fun to see how long it takes for your little brain to generate another. Your gaming the board with petty attacks doesn’t count FYI. I know you think you are clever and cute, kind of like a teenager who starts to feel smart from a little high school. You go by anonymous because your life is a failure.
Boat on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 12:39 pm
Amouse is a non data troll driven by a wild ideology typical of Russia web sites. Weird Foreigner.
MASTERMIND on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 1:08 pm
Trump And Cohen Were ‘Concerned About a Pregnancy,’ Paid Off Multiple Other Women
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-avenatti-trump-cohen-pregnancy-1043778
MASTERMIND on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 1:24 pm
Trump committed a felony because it was campaign funds and not disclosed..
He is going to end up like Kushner’s father..In a prison cell..
Lock him up! Let the blacks and Mexicans rape him!
GregT on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 2:17 pm
“Asperger, I have your last comment documented.”
It’s always a good idea to make back up copies of important documentation, and to store them in secure off-site locations. With digital files, you might consider printing them out and storing them in a safety deposit box, just in case the grid goes down.
Anonymouse1 on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 2:23 pm
Boatieatard is a legally retarded, innumerate, barely literate, bible-thumping imbecile. He makes weird posts, that presumably, sound sensible and coherhent to him. (But no one else).
Now turn off your TV, and go check under your crib for any ‘Russians’ hiding under there. Should you find any, just run around in a circle outside your trailer, drooling and flailing your limbs wildly. Someone will eventually come by to investigate.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 2:28 pm
Thanks for the advice gregger
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 2:41 pm
Asperger, boat’s comments on oil blow yours out of the water. You have little understanding of he oil business. All you know is you hate it and the Americans involved with it. Nothing smart about that.
GregT on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 2:49 pm
No worries Davy.
No doubt, being the self appointed moderator of an unmoderated internet discussion forum, must be a monumental undertaking all by itself.
Have you given any thought, to perhaps hiring someone to help you out with documentation and security related issues?
GregT on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 3:01 pm
“All you know is you hate it and the Americans involved with it. Nothing smart about that.”
What’s not to like about catastrophic climate change, ocean acidification, deforestation, desertification, adding another 86 million mouths to feed on the planet Earth each and every year, and the 6th global mass extinction event?
Nothing smart about any of that.
Anonymouse1 on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 3:02 pm
While that is sound advice Greg, it might be a little too complicated here for dumbass to implement, or even remember the steps involved.
Here is something more his speed.
He can take his ‘documents’, put them in a box, then bury the box under one of the many rotting stumps and trees, that no doubt dot the landscape surrounding his shack. To help dumbass here remember his ‘safety deposit box(s) location, he can make make little stick figures with the names of the people he is ‘documenting’ , spelled out in rocks under the figurines. That way, when he needs to reference his ummm….’evidence’, he just needs to grab his shovel, and amble on over to the correct rotting stump(clearly marked), and start digging.
Or alternately, if even that is too much trouble or effort, the exceptionalturd can just take those ‘documents’ of his, and shove em up his ass. That way, he should, in theory, have little trouble remembering where, or how, to find them.
That’d work too. (maybe).
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 3:13 pm
FYI, greggor, I have not been able to document a comment from you because you have not said anything that can be considered a comment. You are just doing your usual stalking and pricking routine (trolling) just like today.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 3:17 pm
Arn’t You cute Asperger. You fail miserably with humor. This must be a Canadian thing because your cousin Greggor is just about as bad.
GregT on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 3:21 pm
“FYI, greggor, I have not been able to document a comment from you because you have not said anything that can be considered a comment.”
In case you weren’t already aware Davy, this unmoderated internet discussion forum has an archive.
It’s a waste of your time documenting comments that are already permanently documented, just like it’s a waste of your time pretending to moderate a forum that is unmoderated.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 3:36 pm
Greggor, I am just keeping the header showing the date
and time for quick reference to the vast P.O. data base. Say something intelligent so I can document you. Let’s
get this new moderation strategy up and running for you.
GregT on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 3:41 pm
“Greggor, I am just keeping the header showing the data and time for quick reference to the vast P.O. data base.”
You obviously have way too much free time on your hands Davy.
In any event, I hope that all works out for you.
MASTERMIND on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 3:48 pm
Netanyahu: Hitler Didn’t Want to Exterminate the Jews
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-absolves-hitler-of-guilt-1.5411578
Of course Bibi would say that–he’s trying to commit genocide himself
Boney Joe on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 5:06 pm
Boatard:
Thanks for the nonsensical comment that makes sense only in your warped, pea-sized brain. You must enjoy regularly making a total clown out of yourself- pure dumbass from top to bottom.
Anonymouse1 on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 5:33 pm
Of course he has lots of time on his hands. He is a self-described ‘farmer’ as we all know. And if there one thing ‘farmers’ have plenty of, its free-time. No really. Farming is such a hands-free job, they can devote, upwards of…… say, 100% of their waking lives, hunched over a cell-phone, pecking out and sharing whatever random thought they happen to be entertaining at any given moment.
We should all be as fortunate as farmer davyturd here. He is feeding the world AND sharing his 5 year long+ mental breakdown with us, all at the same time. Talk about mental-case multi-tasking.
Boney Joe on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 6:34 pm
DavyDonaldTurd (DDT):
Some good samaritan needs to take you behind the woodshed. Maybe that will knock some manners and common sense into your thick head. You’re thick as a brick. Obviously, your nanny wasn’t up to it.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 6:47 pm
boney juan, quit your games. You are not hard to figure out.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 6:48 pm
“You obviously have way too much free time on your hands Davy.”
clueless troll
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 6:52 pm
asperger, did my previous comment hit the spot? You stuck around and punched at the air in frustration and anger. The gang is petering out. You dumbasses had your gangbang and came out of it looking foolish.
Makati1 on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 6:57 pm
Davy is an older version of today’s “Snowflake”. They can’t tolerate anyone who disagrees with them or who might want to make them live in the real world. Russophobia, Sinophobia, Delusions of grandeur, etc.
Delusions of Grandeur: “also known as megalomania, are a subtype of delusion that occur in patients suffering from a wide range of psychiatric diseases, including two-thirds of patients in manic state of bipolar disorder, half of those with schizophrenia, patients with the grandiose sub-type of delusional disorder, and a substantial portion of those with substance abuse disorders…” WIKI
Slip slidin’…
twocats on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 7:09 pm
GSRacer – you have perfected the coach burning soliloquy. manufique. Its like I could see the gamma-green flames and smell the cesium wafting into my bones.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 7:12 pm
“Davy is an older version of today’s “Snowflake”. They can’t tolerate anyone who disagrees with them or who might want to make them live in the real world.”
Billy 3rd world, what happened was you and the gang were trying to practice group censorship the past few days. You hypocritical dumbasses couldn’t make it happen and now you are pissed.
“Russophobia, Sinophobia, Delusions of grandeur, etc.”
AH, show me where I am Russophobic? I show the bad side of your fantasy agenda. That’s all billy. If you are going to be extreme and exaggerate then you will be moderated. I know it sucks because you want to own the board but I am here to squash that. Adapt and adjust and it will be ok.
“Delusions of Grandeur: “also known as megalomania, are a subtype of delusion that occur in patients suffering from a wide range of psychiatric diseases, including two-thirds of patients in manic state of bipolar disorder, half of those with schizophrenia, patients with the grandiose sub-type of delusional disorder, and a substantial portion of those with substance abuse disorders…” WIKI”
Geeze, spare me your stupid drama. You really are losing it out there in Infanta.
“Slip slidin’…”
What a worn out phase billy 3rd world. I need to document how many times you use that in a day just for laughs.
GregT on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 7:23 pm
“You obviously have way too much free time on your hands Davy.”
“clueless troll”
You were the one who said he was ‘documenting’ everyone’s comments Davy. I certainly don’t have enough time in the day to do that, and I don’t pretend to have a massive farm.
GregT on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 7:26 pm
“I need to document how many times you use that in a day just for laughs.”
You need to get a life Davy.
Davy on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 7:32 pm
STFU, troll, your cousin Asperger started it tonight and you chimed in. Typical gang behavior. You asswipes say nothing. It has been three days since your dumbass said anything. This is the reason I will start waiting for a comment out of you. I will remind you how worthless you are to this forum. You are all about gaming and very little about contributing.
GregT on Thu, 26th Jul 2018 7:41 pm
“STFU, troll, your cousin Asperger started it tonight and you chimed in. Typical gang behavior. You asswipes say nothing. It has been three days since your dumbass said anything. This is the reason I will start waiting for a comment out of you. I will remind you how worthless you are to this forum. You are all about gaming and very little about contributing.”
I am not going to STFU Davy, I don’t have a cousin named Asperger, there is no gang, there are no asswipes or dumbasses, and I couldn’t give a rat’s ass how long you have to wait for anything.
Other than a source of entertainment, you serve no other purpose on this forum.