Tag: Nuclear

Superfund Research & Beyond

Photo Tour of Red Gate Woods: Site A, Plot M, and Chicago Piles 2 & 3

By Matthew Berdyck On December 2nd 1942, the world witnessed its first sustained nuclear reaction, introducing the planet to the dawn of atomic energy, nuclear proliferation, and high transuranic elements: human-made radioactive elements; neptunium, plutonium, americium, and others, that have atomic numbers higher than uranium in the periodic table of elements. The reactor, called Chicago Pile 1…
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February 9, 2020 0

‘Morris Operation’ Sheds Light On Larger Nuclear Waste Storage Issues

  The Morris Operation, located in Morris, Illinois, is the home to what is billed as the nations only high-level radioactive waste storage facility in The U.S, which stores spent Uranium 235 fuel rods from nuclear power production plants.   While all nuclear power plants have storage ponds, the Morris Operation is the only one that has been formally designated…
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February 4, 2020 0