This Report

This report is one of the few of its type on the Internet, if not the only broad-spectrum examination of Hanford Nuclear Reservation and certain parts of its history which have raised a number of questions for many years, especially in more recent times.

Presenting the unpolished, raw data indicating the situation facing the general public because of those things which have gone on and are going on at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

This report looks at the Columbia River, the multi-state regional aquifer system, the geology in the Hanford region, the cleanup project and potential side effects, and the spike in birth defects in the territory surrounding Hanford.

The vitrification plant is considered, along with project delays and missed milestones. Mismanagement and concerns by engineers are also considered, plus the potential end result of what appears to be a substandard vit plant.

This report notes US DOE plans for using Hanford as the National Radioactive and Chemical Waste Dump. What appears to be an ongoing, large scale tritium "mining" project is also examined, along with potentially irrepairable damage to the important, multi-level aquifer system and the general health of the people inhabiting this region.


The Columbia River

There has been much talk about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and its potential problems created for the Columbia River.

It is often stated that radioactive waste is leaking toward the river in the groundwater. But, most sources make it appear that radioactive waste is not yet in the river.

It is time to look at the real truth.

Scroll down to page 13 in the PDF file linked below. It indicates that strontium-90 "plumes are now flowing through the groundwater into the river."

Page 15 indicates that tritium is already getting into the river.

Hanford / River

There is actually a lot more to this story about radioactive materials from Hanford getting into the Columbia River and the regional aquifers.

More information on this subject is presented immediately below, plus additional information will be presented further down on this page.


Another Source

The following link is to a lengthy government report called "Distribution of Radionuclides in the Columbia River Streambed, Hanford Reservation to Longview, Washington." It appears to have been published in 1975. You may need to open the file with Adobe to view it.

Starting at page O-9, the measurements of four radionuclides (chromium-51, zinc-65, scandium-46 and cobalt-60) in the river sediments are given. Page 0-24 states: "Chromium-51 (60.1 percent) and zinc-65 (34.5 percent) accounted for nearly all of the radionuclide inventory in the Columbia River." Again, that was in 1975.

Radionuclides


Nuclear Museum

The following link accesses a webpage for the Washington Nuclear Museum and Educational Center. The following information comes from that page.

"There were five different radionuclides that contributed the most to the contamination of the Columbia River. These were phosphorus-32, zinc-65, arsenic-76, neptunium-239 and sodium-24."

The webpage shows that splits in the metal covering of fuel elements "allowed small chunks of radioactive fuel to be discharged into the river with the cooling water. The largest of these chunks weighed more than a pound. Hanford experienced almost 2,000 of these fuel element failures."

Nuclear Museum

So, there were about 2,000 fuel element failures and chunks of radioactive fuel going into the river. This means that there could be hundreds of pounds of the radioactive fuels scattered in the river.

There is other important information in the webpage linked above. It states that: "The radiation in the Columbia reached the Pacific Ocean and contaminated shellfish along the Washington and Oregon Coasts."


More Info

The link below shows that in 1952, scientists estimated that "slug ruptures had accounted for the release of approximately 11,500 curies of gross beta-emitters to the Columbia River." They also noted that "slug ruptures had become more frequent and severe which caused the release of approximately 21,000 curies into the Columbia in 1954."

The link states that an increase of production and power levels in the reactors by 1958 caused "slug ruptures to contribute around 45,000 curies per year to the Columbia River." Furthermore, "concentrations could be as much as twelve times this amount if slug ruptures were not detected for at least four hours."

Fuel - Slugs

Really now, how much irradiated nuclear fuel is sitting in the bottom of the Columbia River? How much plutonium is down there? Talk about a terrorist "grab bag."


The Fuel Rods

The information linked below indicates that the highly radioactive, aluminum-clad fuel elements or fuel rods were initially composed of metallic uranium and activation materials.

In the reactors, a certain portion of the uranium was converted into plutonium, plus other fission products. It appears that some of these fission products are radioactive cesium and strontium, plus technetium.

K-Basins Fuel Rods Hanford issues


Reprocessing

The page linked below is titled 'Nuclear Chemistry: Reprocessing Spent Fuel.' It speaks of the reprocessing of fuel rods for nuclear weapons. It gives some indication of the products in fuel rods from nuclear reactors.

Spent Fuel

The page linked below declares: "Used fuel contains a wide array of nuclides in varying valency states." In the processing of a "spent" nuclear fuel rod, the plutonium and uranium are separated out. The remaining solution of high-level waste contains "fission products and minor actinides," these being things like neptunium, americium and curium.

Processing

Regarding this high-level waste, the page linked above states: "It is highly radioactive and continues to generate a lot of heat." The page also mentions transuranics (TRU).

This link states that TRU are "elements having atomic numbers greater than that of uranium." These elements appear to have longer half-lives.

Besides the elements already mentioned above that are associated with fuel rods, the following TRU elements may need to be added to the list: berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium and nobelium.


Fission Products

The information above notes that "fission products" are contained in "spent" fuel rods. This link states that "nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus fissions." These are smaller nuclei which are created by the splitting of the original nucleus.

The link above states that many of the isotopes in the fission products "have a very short half-life, and therefore give off huge amounts of radiation." It also states: "It is these short half-life isotopes that make spent fuel so dangerous."


A Decrease

The webpage linked below shows that there was a decrease of radionuclides in the Columbia River after the last of the Hanford reactors using direct discharge into the river closed in 1971.

Radionuclides

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Main Concerns

Our main concerns now are from the radioactive waste scattered around the large Hanford site, plus all the radioactive "witches brew" that was treated with chelating agents and is leaking into the ground from the defective storage tanks.


River and Aquifer

The chelated and suspended radioactive waste particles are very mobile in water.

The "plume" of waste particles in the groundwater is currently getting into the Columbia River and a lot more is on its way.

The complex, regional aquifer system below the Hanford region is also seriously contaminated with radioactive elements. There is not a lot that can be done for the aquifer, at this point.


Nuclear Fuel

While we are considering the Hanford site and the major cleanup, we should not forget about those potentially hundreds of pounds of radioactive fuel chunks (containing uranium, plutonium and a variety of other radioactive elements) which are scattered around in the bottom of the river, somewhere.

With the great weight, high density and high specific gravity of uranium and plutonium, plus other radioactive products, the lost pieces of radioactive fuel likely sunk into the bottom of the river. Possibly the fuel pieces made their way through the sediments and are now residing at bedrock.


Terrorist's Delight

Possibly all this radioactive fuel in the bottom of the Columbia River needs to be recovered by the proper authorities, before some terrorist organization gets their hands on enough radioactive materials (uranium, plutonium, etc.) to build a device which can eliminate a few of our cities.

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In The River

The link below declares: "In June 2005, GAP released a report showing previously unknown measures of radioactivity around the perimeter of Hanford. The study includes the first reports of plutonium in Columbia River marine life."


Many Contaminants

The following is also found in the article: "In addition to plutonium being found for the first time in fish, increased levels of strontium, mercury, beryllium, uranium, and cesium were detected in aquatic creatures."

GAP - Hanford


Important Note

There is something very important to note. The link above states: "An area of the Columbia River 20 miles upstream from the Hanford site contained high uranium readings."

About twenty miles upstream from Hanford is generally the area located midway between Priest Rapids Dam and Wanapum Dam, on the Columbia River.

Wanapum Dam is named after the Wanapum People, a special tribe of Native American Indians who formerly lived in this area.


Area Access

From Hanford, the area showing high uranium readings is accessed via Highway 243, on the northwest corner of the Hanford reservation.


General Landmarks

The area displaying "high uranium readings" would be on the Columbia River, about 10 miles below Wamapum Dam. The area above Wamapum Dam is where Interstate-90 crosses the Columbia River on the Vantage Bridge.

The existing Vantage Bridge is actually the second Vantage Bridge. This second bridge was built in 1962. The first Vantage Bridge, which existed during the early stages of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, was built in 1927.


Opening  "The Door"

At this point, a very important and key question needs to be asked.

At some point, was this upstream area, 20 miles from Hanford and about 10 miles upstream of the lower end of Priest Rapids, used for dumping uranium waste from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and possibly other radioactive materials as well?

Illegal night dumping of radioactive materials and other hazardous industrial wastes is relatively common in our world. Many times, this illegal dumping has occurred in rivers.

But, there may be more to this story. There may be a logical explanation for this area of high radioactivity in the Columbia River, upstream of Hanford and the area of Priest Rapids. This potential explanation is one which is very hard to consider.

A person could begin to question what has actually gone on at Hanford in the past, plus how all the nuclear waste was really handled in earlier times. It could also make a person begin to question what is actually going on at Hanford today.

There is a very good reason why the government still has "a Classified stamp" on many of the documents about Hanford.

This leads us into the following section.

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Wanapum People

The Wanapum People were a peaceful tribe of Native American Indians who dwelt on the Columbia Plateau. They did not believe in, nor partake in armed conflict with white settlers in their region, nor with the U.S. Government.

The area now occupied by Hanford Nuclear Reservation was formerly part of the territory occupied by the Wanapum People, plus other Native American tribes.

Fishing in the Columbia River has always been important to the culture of the Wanapum People. Fish from the river is commonly used in tribal ceremonies and heavily for personal subsistence.

Fish from the river is important enough to the existence of the Wanapum cultural that the Government has passed laws to protect their fishing rights.


Earlier History

In the mid-1800s, many Native American tribes were forced onto reservations. But, the Wanapum People have a rather unique situation.

The Wanapum had not warred against the white settlers or the U.S. Government. They were therefore not party to the Treaty With The Yakima, 1855.

As a result, the Wanapum generally tended to remain in the area of Priest Rapids, on the Columbia River.


Fishing in Jeopardy

The webpage linked here declares: "In 1937, the Game Warden of Benton County informed the Wanapum that they could no longer fish for salmon at the traditional locations."

The Wanapum had a friend named Lucullus McWhorter, who was an Indian advocate. Lucullus worked hard with the Washington State government on behalf of the Wanapum and their historic fishing rights.


Forced Move

When the Hanford Nuclear Reservation came into existence, the Wanapum People and other Native American tribes were forced out of a large portion of their ancestral lands.

In the early 1940s, because of Hanford, the peaceable Wanapum People were forced to confine their activities along the river to the area near Priest Rapids and further upstream. The Wanapum People resided along the river near Priest Rapids even into the 1950s and later.


River Radiation

It appears there could be much more to the story of the Wanapum People.

There could also be much more to the story of those radioactive materials in the Columbia River, about 20 miles upstream from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

This investigation will now present some background information, which leads up to an important set of questions.


Operation Paperclip

After the fall of Nazi Germany in World War II, a large number of Nazi scientists and specialists were illegally brought into the United States under Operation Paperclip, starting in 1945.

To allow these Nazis entry into the United States, the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) created "false employment and political biographies for the scientists," which virtually "whitewashed" them of their Nazi backgrounds and leanings and allowed them access to the United States.

A number of nuclear scientists from Nazi Germany were also brought to the United States under various operations associated with Operation Paperclip.


U.S. DOE Contract

The webpage linked here speaks of a Nazi war criminal named Otto Ambros.

Regarding Otto Ambros, it states that "at Nuremberg he was tried for mass murder and slavery. But he was given clemency [in 1951] by U.S. high commissioner [of Allied Germany] John McCloy and later given a U.S. Department of Energy contract."

The news article linked here is actually from page 7-A of the Sunday, June 6, 1982 edition of the 'Daily News' of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The article declares that Otto Ambros "had been consulted by several organizations and agencies, including the U.S. Department of Energy."

The document linked here (on Adobe Reader, page 6 of 8) declares: "Ambros oversaw I.G. Auschwitz in all its horror." Yes, Auschwitz was one of the major, very brutal extermination camps of Nazi Germany. The document also states: "Ambros became a high-level advisor to a major American corporation, W.R. Grace and Company, and a consultant to the United States Department of Energy."

At this point it must be noted that the U.S. Department of Energy is the agency which is in charge of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.


Manhatten Project

Hanford Nuclear Reservation was part of the Manhatten Project, which produced the first atomic bombs used in warfare.

Regarding the Manhatten Project, this link states: "The project was also charged with gathering intelligence on the German nuclear energy project." As part of this project, " they gathered nuclear materials and documents, and rounded up German scientists."


Many Nazi Scientists

Regarding Operation Paperclip, the caption below the video linked here declares that "1600 German scientists and engineers were given government contracts - many of them hard-core Nazi ideologues."


Einstein and the Concerned Scientists

The renowned physicist Albert Einstein and the Federation of American Scientists were greatly concerned when they saw all the Nazi scientists brought into the United States and placed in key positions in American industrial, scientific and educational institutions.

In the book 'Red Moon Rising', by Matthew Brzezinski, on page 85, is written the following, regarding the flood of Nazi scientists being brought into the United States:

"On December 30, 1946, Albert Einstein and the Federation of American Scientists wrote to President Truman, arguing, 'We hold these individuals to be potentially dangerous carriers of racial and religious hatred. Their former eminence as Nazi party members and supporters raises the issue of their fitness to become American citizens and hold key positions in American industrial, scientific and educational institutions."


Nazis and Eugenics

The Nazis were part of the international eugenics movement.

This link states: "After the eugenics movement was well established in the United States, it was spread to Germany. California eugenicists began producing literature promoting eugenics and sterilization and sending it overseas to German scientists and medical professionals."

It is common knowledge that the Nazi German scientists were into human experimentation, even performing extremely brutal experiments. They also performed devastating radiation experiments on people.

Later, Nazi scientists who had performed crimes against humanity were brought to the United States and placed in key positions. It is of concern to note that human experimentation and radiation experiments appear to have increased greatly in the United States after that time.

Information relating to some of the human radiation experiments in the United States, even experiments on the unsuspecting public, is presented or linked on this webpage.


Nuremberg Trials

The webpage linked here is from the George Mason University, History News Network. It speaks of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial at Nuremberg, Germany, after World War Two. After these trials, many Nazis were condemned to death for crimes against humanity, because of human experimentation, cold blooded murder and genocide.

The webpage states that "the Nazis at the Nuremberg trials quoted Holmes's words in their own defense." This Holmes, spoken of here, is Wendell Holmes: a former U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Yes, the fundamental concepts of the murderous Nazis, the platform of the eugenicists, were upheld by members of the highest court in the United States.

It should be noted that after the Nuremberg Trials, the eugenics movement in the United States was outlawed as a crime against humanity. But, the eugenics movement did not simply go away. They just changed their name and continued in operation.

Quite a number of people in positions of power and control in the United States were, and are, full supporters of the eugenics movement and its causes.


Back to the Wanapum

It is time to consider, once again, the plight of the Wanapum People. To begin this examination, let us remember that the diet of the Wanapum relied heavily on fish from the Columbia River.

The core group of the Wanapum People lived at the lower end of Priest Rapids, on the Columbia River. Priest Rapids is located about 10 miles upstream from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

About 20 miles upstream from Hanford, or about 10 miles upstream from where the Wanapum were located at Priest Rapids, is an area where high radiation is noted along the Columbia River.

These bits of information relating to the Wanapum People bring up the questions presented in the following section.

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American Genocide ?

Were radioactive materials from Hanford Nuclear Reservation intentionally dumped in the Columbia River about 10 miles upstream from the home of the Wanapum People?

Were radioactive materials intentionally dumped into the river to contaminate the fishing grounds of the Wanapum?

Were these radioactive materials dumped in the river as a human radiation experiment upon the Wanapum People, without their knowledge or consent?

Was this dumping of radioactive materials upstream of the Wanapum village another vile experiment orchestrated by people embracing the eugenics movement and Nazi thought?

Was this an experiment by eugenicists to watch the effects of internalized radiation, or already knowing knowing the ultimate effects, to do it anyway?

Has this radiation from the river and fish had a detrimental affect upon the Wanapum People?

Were the radioactive materials dumped in the Columbia River an attempt at American Genocide?

Who is responsible for the dumping of radioactive materials in the Columbia River, or is that Classified?

Is this the mentality displayed by those in control of the nuclear industry? Is this the mentality displayed by a large controlling faction in this country?

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Food for Thought

There are many things relating to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation which cause a person to question what has really happened in the past.

There are many things happening now at Hanford which could readily cause a person to question those things which are happening today.

Yes, there is a hellacious mess at Hanford. But, what is really being done with it and for what reason?

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Related Info

The page linked below presents information relating to contamination of the Hanford site. It declares: "In the 40's and 50's, some 440 billion gallons of contaminated liquids were discharged into the ground at Hanford, enough to create an 80 foot deep lake the size of Manhattan."

Closer Look

The link above shows that, initially, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) had a contract with British Nuclear Fuels Limited, Inc.(BNFL) for the conversion of nuclear waste into glass, via the vitrification plant.

The webpage indicates that BNFL was a "shady" company, both in this country and in England. Why the DOE would chose such a company is rather questionable.


Population Control ?

There are some very important issues to note in the link above.

Issue 1: "Government secrecy has barred Hanford workers and residents alike from access to the real facts..." "Until recently, all concerns from citizen groups have been consistently discredited and side-lined."

Issue 2: It was found that "increasing exposure to ionizing radiation boosts the risk of multiple myeloma, a rare but often fatal cancer of blood-forming tissues. Especially at risk are people exposed later in life."

It appears that certain groups could readily use ionizing radiation in the environment as a subtle, unseen form of euthenasia or large scale genocide experiment. Ionizing radiation in the environment could help to decimate the aged and the weak. This may fit perfectly into the goals of the diabolic eugenics movement.

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Spent Fuel

The webpage linked below declares: "The reactors made plutonium by bombarding special fuel rods containing uranium with neutrons. Once the maximum amount of plutonium was produced, workers removed the fuel rods (now called 'spent fuel') from the reactor. The spent fuel rods were extremely radioactive..."

Plutonium

A "spent" fuel rod is not spent, in the sense of being used up. A "spent" fuel rod is one in which "the maximum amount of plutonium was produced."

In other words, a "spent" fuel rod is one that can produce the most plutonium for use in nuclear weapon or bomb making.

This puts a whole different perspective on the term "spent fuel rod." No wonder these rods are more highly radioactive after they come out of the reactor than when they were first put in.

Regarding rods or "slugs" which fuel nuclear reactors, the webpage linked below declares: "The slugs were only slightly radioactive before irradiation, making them easy to handle and transport. After irradiation, their radioactivity levels had increased several millions times making them very dangerous to handle."

Uranium Fuel

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Stored Rods

Some countries which use nuclear power do reprocess their "spent" fuel rods to reduce the amount of nuclear waste lying around. But others, like the United States, do not.

Is there a reason for this not wanting to reprocess the fuel rods in the United States and certain other countries?

The article linked below brings up some interesting points. It indicates that the nuclear industry and its research is sponsored by the "military-industrial complexes." And for what reason? To make nuclear weapons and bombs.

Energy Source

Let us consider this matter further. "Spent" fuel rods contain the largest amount of plutonium. Therefore, "spent" fuel rods are like having potential nuclear bombs lying around, rather than having the actual physical nuclear bombs.

At a moments notice, the fuel rods could start to be made into the actual, physical nuclear bombs. The "spent" fuel rods are nuclear bomb and weapon resources.

That may be why certain countries do not want to reprocess their "spent" fuel rods. In reprocessing, they may lose a lot of their nuclear weapon and bomb potential.

It's basically that simple. It's called, "being ready for Armageddon:" the final war which ends all wars, plus virtually all of civilization, too.

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During World War II

When Hanford Nuclear Reservation was part of the bomb making business, during World War Two and the Cold War era, there were not "spent" fuel rods lying around for years.

The fuel rods were processed in a rather short period of time in order to extract the plutonium for bomb making, as noted in this link.

During normal wartime production, the fuel from the reactor was allowed to cool for about 30 days before processing, as shown in this link. During the Green Run, fuel was cooled for only 16 days.

When the Hanford site was found to be highly contaminated with radioactive iodine, the cooling period for the fuel was extended to about 60 days before processing. In 1948 and 1949, the fuel cooling time was extended to between 90 and 120 days. In 1950, the cooling time was shortened to 43 days.

The U.S. DOE speaks further about the processing of fuel rods in this link.

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Depleted Uranium

We hear a lot about the use of depleted uranium in military weapons. What is the difference between enriched uranium and depleted uranium?

The different is in the amount of U-235 in the uranium sample.

If there is more than 0.7% of U-235 in the uranium sample, it is classed as enriched.

If there is less than 0.7% of U-235 in the sample, it is classed as depleted.

A sample of depleted uranium will still contain a large percentage of radioactive U-238.

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DU & HEALTH

This section addresses a few of the health effects of depleted uranium (DU).

The link below is to a page by the University at Albany. It states many negative or devastating health effects produced by DU.

The page declares: "DU is primarily hazardous to people when it gets inside the body through ingestion, inhalation or through breaks in the skin."

DU Health Effects

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Depleted Dust

The videos linked below speak about the effects of depleted uranium dust.

Deadly Dust #1 DU 1 of 4 Effects - Humans

There are also a number of other videos on YouTube which present the detrimental effects of DU.

The page linked below is by Dr. Alan Cantwell. It speaks of a possible connection between depleted uranium, diabetes and cancer.

Diabetes/Cancer

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DU Weapons

The links below present a considerable amount of information about depleted uranium weapons.

It is of note that governments of today commonly deny using DU weapons because of health concerns by the public.

The links speak about the detrimental effects when DU gets inside the human body.

The first two links are YouTube videos.

Dirty Bomb Ban Weapons Keeps Killing Iraq Veterans

The page linked below states: "The Pentagon contends that not one American veteran is ill because of DU exposure."

Now to cut through the double speak.

Not one, but it appears that multiple thousands of American veterans are ill because of DU exposure.

Still "Hot"

Why is the military using a weapon which is causing serious problems for our own service people, or is it intended to be that way?

Is there any chance that those who are adhering to eugenics thought are behind the use of these weapons?

It should be noted that the eugenics movement has never lost a war, no matter which side wins.

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GW Syndrome

The page linked below presents information about Gulf War Syndrome (GWS). The page also speaks of the previous military use of Agent Orange.

It states: "Unfortunately, the U.S. military denied the problem..." This seems to be a bad habit of the military and other government agencies.

A lengthy video on the page linked below gives a presentation on GWS.

Kill Our Own

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Fukushima

It is time to examine other practices being used upon our service personnel. It is time to begin questioning what is going on.

At Fukushima, everyone knew that the nuclear plants were spewing radioactive materials into the environment.

Nevertheless, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan slides right into the middle of the radioactive stew.

The carrier's crew was exposed to high levels of radiation. Many are experiencing serious health problems.

The links below give many details.

Reagan Crew Navy Knew Sick With Cancer Sickened

Unfortunately, it appears that the Navy is "stonewalling" the victims. Why?

Those in charge should have known better. The military is not new to nuclear radiation. They have been intimately working with it since World War Two.

Was this an accident or was this done intentionally as just another form of human radiation experiment?

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Experiments

The page linked below lists classified and unclassified U.S. government documents regarding human radiation experiments.

These experiments were performed by U.S. government agencies or other organizations associated with them.

The document linked below is a faster loading HTML version of the original PDF file linked here.

Human Rad. Exp.

In the article below, it appears the government has low consideration for the "downwinders" of its experiments.

Those exposed to radiation were considered as "a low use segment of the population." Unless you are one of the elite, this appears to be how you are viewed.

Human Exper.

Research indicates that the more hideous and vile the experiment, the more chance that its documentation will remain classified.

It is very easy to put the "classified" stamp on outright crimes against humanity. Possibly Hitler ultimately won the war, thanks to the eugenics movement which is alive and well in the United States.

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On The Public ?

Scroll down to the bottom of page 11 (big page number), in the link below. Here you will find the following under the heading "The CIA & Department of Defense Attack Americans with Biological Weapons":

"...Families arriving or leaving Washington's National Airport and the main bus station of our Nation's capital, were sprayed with biological agents via specially equipped suitcases."

It also states, on page 6: "The United States government also authorized the American Energy Commission [which ultimately became the U.S. DOE, yes, the ones running Handford Nuclear Reservation] to secretly inject hospitalized patients with plutonium in order to profile the long term effects. Most of these individuals became terminally ill and died."

The link below is worth reading. But be forwarned: the atrocities may turn your stomach.

Betrayed

The video linked below exposes secret military testing and human experimentation done during the 1950s and 1960s. This unscrupulous testing caused an unsuspecting public in Saint Louis and other U.S. cities to breath radioactive materials.

Secret Testing

Turning to other matters, the link below is about CIA drug smuggling into the United States. This was in the 1980s. But, are things any different today?

CIA Trafficking

A little research can turn up much more information about government involvement in bringing illicit drugs into the country for sale to Americans.

What is presented here is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. More information can be found in the lower portion of the webpage linked below.

War on Citizens

What is going on here? Are those in charge working to destroy our nation and decimate our populace?

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Guidestones

Let us consider a strange and somewhat controversial monument in the United States. The Georgia Guidestones may point us toward the truth about what is happening in our country and the world. So may also the agenda of the powerful eugenics movement.

Below is a link to an introduction about the large Georgia Guidestones. The creation of the guidestones began in 1979. The opening of the finished monument was in 1980.

Guidestones

It is obvious that some very well financed organization spent a considerable amount of money to engrave the following message in stone: "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000..."

For a moment, let us think about the statement noted above. Do you understand the implications of this statement?

The current population of the earth (as of April 4, 2014) is about 7.25 billion people. The declaration on the Georgia Guidestones means dropping the population of this earth to less than 7 percent of its current value.

It appears, historically, that there has been an organized faction of well-financed people who have been calling for the elimination of a large portion of the people on this earth. In recent history, they have commonly been called the eugenics movement. Historically, they have often changed their name, or their public face, but their agenda has always remained the same. Their agenda is "getting rid of people that are not like us."

Now, how do the eugenicists plan on accomplishing the extreme reduction in the population of the earth to 500,000,000 people of less? By what methods do they intend to drop the population of the earth to less than 7 percent of its current value? Adolf Hitler and the Nazi eugenicists had their methods, but those methods are much too obvious and somewhat outdated. Does subtle and silent radiation, with its detrimental effects, fit nicely into the modern picture?

It is shown in this link (about the 6th paragraph from the top) that in the early 1900s, members of the well-financed American eugenics movement "carefully plotted the removal of families, bloodlines and whole peoples," not in some other country, but right here in the United States. Euthanasia and eugenicide were considered for accomplishing this. Once again, it should be noted that the powerful American eugenics movement inspired the extermination camps of Nazi Germany.

After World War Two, the U.S. eugenics movement was outlawed because of its ethnic cleansing practices and crimes against humanity. But, the American eugenics movement did not simply go away. It just went underground and changed its public name or names and its public face.

It should be noted that in Nazi Germany and in the United States, the medical establishment helped further the cause of the organized and well-financed eugenics movement.

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Nuclear Power

Nuclear reactors came into existence for the purpose of making radioactive materials for bombs. Later, as an apparent afterthought, nuclear power plants were said to be used for civilian electrical power production. But, in all reality, it appears these nuclear power plants are basically military facilities staffed by civilians.

The nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan has possibly "opened up a can of worms." When the tsunami came into the nuclear facility, it was said that it wiped out the electrical power sources which could operate the cooling pumps for the reactor core. Hence, the meltdowns occurred in three reactors. This does raise some questions.

It is said that nuclear facilities are producing power for the electrical grid. If this is true, should not they be making more than enough power from the on-site turbine operated generators to fulfill all the electrical needs of the whole nuclear facility?

Should not the on-site generators be producing more than enough electricity, via nuclear power, to be able to power the cooling pumps for the nuclear reactor? Why, then, do nuclear power plants depend on outside power to operate their cooling pumps? What is going on here?

When considering nuclear power plants, some things are just not adding up. It would be interesting to run some tests on the electrical power lines going into nuclear power plants. It would be interesting to find out in which direction was the actual load on the power lines, and in which direction was the generator that is connected to the line.

If tests were performed, would we find that these large nuclear power plants are actually drawing a whole lot of power out of the electrical grid? Could they, instead of producing a large amount of civilian electrical power, simply be a manufacturing facility for weapons grade, nuclear bomb and military materials?

Is anyone reading this report skilled in performing the necessary electrical tests, to find direction of load on an AC electrical line? Are you up for a potentially revealing investigation? It is time to find out the truth about nuclear facilities.

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Hanford Issues

It is time to turn our attention to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the radioactively contaminated aquifer beneath it.

Let us examine, in the next section, how this contamination got into the aquifer in the first place.

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Hanford Waste

The webpage linked below is called "A Short History of Hanford Waste Generation, Storage, and Release."

On Adobe Reader, page 12 of 39, is found the following:

"During the first months of waste generation and release, mildly contaminated liquids were simply discharged to a low spot on the ground (Brown and Ruppert 1950)."

"Most liquids seeped into the sandy soil, adding contaminants to the soil, deep sediment, and groundwater."

"Some liquids evaporated, leaving surface residues for plant and animal uptake as well as being dispersed by the wind. This disposal practice created contaminated wetlands."

"These practices quickly became unacceptable. Liquids were then pumped down wells. While this got contaminants underground, it also injected them closer to, and sometimes into the underlying aquifer."

"Within months, well use was discontinued except for the disposal of small waste quantities (Du Pont 1945)."

Hanford Waste

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Soil and River

The document linked below is called "The Hanford Nuclear Waste Site: A Legacy of Risk, Cost, and Inefficiency." On Adobe Reader, page 1 of 31, is declared the following:

"With limited knowledge of the dangers associated with radioactive waste, DOE officials at Hanford disposed of millions of gallons of highly radioactive materials directly into the soil."

"Today, large quantities of these radioactive substances have been detected in the ground water beneath the site, contaminating the water that feeds the Columbia River."

Adobe Reader, page 3 of 31, declares the following:

"During the course of the Hanford site's nearly 50 years of production, separation, and purification of plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons, the DOE estimates that the Hanford site produced approximately 450 billion gallons of liquid waste."

"The vast majority of this waste - estimated to be as much as 350 million gallons - was released directly into the ground (in the 200 Areas) through about 300 cribs, ponds, and unlined trenches, while liquid wastes of varying levels of contamination were often pumped directly into the Columbia River."

Waste Site

The document above, on Adobe Reader, page 5 of 31, also states that the wastes are "contaminating the ground water that feeds into the Columbia River."

The next bit of information is important. These wastes going into the river include: "chromium, nitrates, trichloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride, tritium, technetium-99, uranium, and strontium-90, some of which can remain radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years."

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Bomb Materials

The article from the section above, linked here, declares the following on Adobe Reader, page 5 of 31:

"Another primary challenge for the DOE is the approximately 12 tons of plutonium in various separated forms contained in spent nuclear fuel at the K-Reactor Basins (K-Basins)."

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By the River

The DOE webpage, linked here, shows that the location for the contaminated and leaking K-Basins is "about 400 yards from the Columbia River."

The K-Basins are located "adjacent to the K-East and K-West Reactors" The map, linked here, shows the K-East and K-West Reactors by the Columbia River, in the upper portion of the map.

The picture, linked here, is looking generally south toward the K-East and K-West Reactors, viewed from above the river. The K-Basins are the long, narrow pools behind (to the south of) the reactor buildings.

The picture, linked here, is looking generally north. Note that the area of the KW-Basin has been filled in.

"About 400 yards" is not very far from the river. The K-Basins were leaking radioactive materials into the ground (and ultimately into the Columbia River).

The DOE page states that crews moved the irradiated fuel rods from the K-Basins to the Canister Storage Building, by 2004.

Unfortunately, the radioactive sludge still exists, plus there is a considerable amount of contaminated ground and groundwater. This contamination ends up in the Columbia River.

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Flow Rate

The map, linked here, indicates that the aquifer system beneath Hanford moves its water (which should include a portion of the contamination in it) at a rate of 100 to 2,000 feet per day.

Using the flow rates above, and under the right conditions, how fast could a portion of the radioactive waste from the leaking K-Basins travel the 400 yards to reach the river, once it reached groundwater?

Let us remember that the leaking K-Basins are relatively near the river, compared to other dumping areas which were more toward the center of the site and miles from the river.

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From the USGS

The article linked below states: "In 1986, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that ground water probably moves the 7 to 9 miles from the main dumping grounds to the Columbia River in 10 to 20 years. But it could travel the distance in as little as six years under some conditions."

Nuclear Mess

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Real Life

It is time to put all the estimates aside and look at a real life, bonafide experience.

The webpage linked below contains some very revealing information on Adobe Reader, page 18 of 159.

Shortly after plutonium processing began at Hanford in 1945, wells at the Hanford site "were contaminated with uranium and it had spread offsite to wells at Benton City by mid 1947."

In about 2-1/2 years, the uranium wastes traveled about 20 miles to the Benton City wells.

Sensors

It appears that government estimates for rate of groundwater travel in the Hanford region are highly inaccurate.

It did not take the uranium 10 to 15 years, or more, to travel about 20 miles to the wells for Benton City.

Again, it was done in only about 2-1/2 years. This lends credibility to the map, linked here, which shows a flow rate for the aquifer of about 100 to 2,000 feet per day in this region.

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Rate of Movement

Plutonium is heavier than uranium and may be moved along more slowly by the water in the aquifer.

Uranium moved 20 miles in the aquifer below the Hanford region in 2-1/2 years, to get into the Benton City wells.

Benton City is about 8 miles from the southern borders of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

If the plutonium was still on the Hanford site at 2-1/2 years, it was moving slower than the uranium.

But, by now, the plutonium which was injected into the aquifer at Hanford in the mid 1940s is most likely dozens of miles outside of the Hanford boundaries, possibly having spread out in many directions.

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THE UPDATED AND EXPANDED REPORTS
Reports on the two servers linked above contain information about north-south aligned fault systems which appear to readily aid radioactive wastes from Hanford in their travel southward, toward and into the Yakima River. Interestingly enough, for some reason, these north-south aligned fault systems --- which apparently help wisk radioactive wastes from Hanford southward to the Yakima River and beyond --- do not show up on most maps of the Hanford region. There are only certain reputable sources which show these faults (link).

The expanded reports also contain information about the buried bed of the ancestral Columbia River, which resides beneath the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (link). This buried riverbed appears to act like an extremely large "French Drain."(link) It appears that this giant "French Drain" allows radioactive contaminants from Hanford to readily flow southward into the Yakima River. That is possibly why the quality of the water in the Yakima River seriously degrades downstream from Prosser, Washington. That is possibly also why the Yakima River dumps so much uranium into the Columbia River --- much more than the other sources in the region (link).

The expanded reports give evidence as to why radioactive and chemical wastes from Hanford were intentionally dumped into the ground and forcibly pumped into the groundwater and regional aquifer system beneath Hanford. These acts worked to contaminate and poison these important resources, from which come irrigation and drinking water in the region. As a side note, it appears that President John F. Kennedy, in the early 1960s, began to realize at least part of what was happening in our world and country. He spoke about a "monolithic and ruthless conspiracy"(1)(2)(3) and a "plot to enslave every man, woman, and child." It appears that the conspirators did not want Kennedy's subtle warnings to awaken the general public in the United States, so they had to ruthlessly get rid of Kennedy in 1963.

The updated reports give evidence which indicates that organizations in control of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, when the radioactive and chemical wastes were dumped into the ground and forcibly pumped groundwater and regional aquifer system, were acting as agents of a foreign power. These organizations in control of Hanford had ties to and were supporting the international eugenics movement, which wants to destroy 90-percent of the earth's population (1)(2). The controllers of Hanford were also treasonously supporting Adolph Hilter and the Nazis before and during the World War Two era (1)(2). And, Hilter and the Nazis, in turn, had a Concordat with the Vatican (link) and appear to have been on a "holy war" for the Vatican/Jesuit organization.

Research indicates that Hilter and the Nazis, plus the other Axis Powers, were working to bring about that one-world-government which in the early 1800s had been called "The Empire of the World."(link) They were simply working as "the sword of the Catholic Church" (link) to bring about that one-world-government which in our day is known as the papal and Jesuit controlled New World Order, which is simply the modern version of the old Holy Roman Empire. The controllers of Hanford, who supported Hitler and the Nazis, plus the New World Order, appear to have worked to poison the groundwater and regional aquifer system at Hanford for their foreign masters. This poisoning of groundwater and aquifers has also occurred at other nuclear facilities around the country. These issues, plus a lot more, are examined in the updated and expanded reports.

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Pick on any links below to obtain further information on a subject.

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WHAT  ABOUT  HANFORD ?

It is time to ask a few questions, for our own good and for the good of our country. Why have there been so many problems with the "cleanup" effort at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State? What is happening with the vitrification plant which is supposed to help clean up the radioactive mess at that site? Is this vitrification plant based on a substandard design, which could allow for explosions and uncontrolled nuclear chain reactions?

Could a serious accident at the vitrification plant (if it ever does become operational) present the potential for a serious spread of harmful ionizing radiation? Are there geologic faults in this region, which could allow for a serious earthquake? Could a serious earthquake result in a catastrophic release of ionizing radiation from this facility? Why have there been allegations that the U.S. Department of Energy is greatly mismanaging the Hanford project?

Is there a major, multi-state aquifer system in this region which is getting, or has already been, highly contaminated with radioactive waste from the Hanford site? Are there radioactive contaminants in the water which is used to irrigate crops in this region? Does radioactivity in crops get internalized by those who eat them? Does radiation get into the feed for farm animals? Does radiation become internalized by those who eat contaminated animals?

Can radioactive materials in the regional aquifer system create health problems in susceptible people who commonly drink this water? In recent times, has there been a major increase in serious birth defects in the region surrounding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation? Could this have anything to do with radioactive emissions in the air and contaminants in the regional aquifer system from which drinking and irrigation water comes?

Has there been a general denial, by various government agencies, about the detrimental effects of internalized ionizing radiation? Has there been a general denial, by various agencies, regarding the detrimental effects of chronic low-dose exposure to ionizing radiation? Do those in control of the government have a history of "stiff arming" and basically "giving the middle finger" to citizens they have greatly harmed with their ionizing radiation?

These issues, plus many more, are examined in this broad-spectrum report. The eugenics movement, and how it relates to those things happening in our country and our world, is also considered. This is a documented report, with numerous links. The blunt facts are presented. The rest is up to you.



WILL  OF  THE  PEOPLE

Many people in the state of Washington have not approved (nor approve at this time) of those things which are going on at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. As a result, the voters in Washington placed Initiative 297 (I-297) on the ballot in November of 2004. The purpose of I-297 was to bar outside shipments of radioactive waste to an already, highly contaminated Hanford Nuclear Reservation, which was and is supposed to be in "cleanup" mode.

I-297 passed by an overwhelming margin. The people of Washington had clearly spoken their minds. They did not want (and still do not want) the nation's dangerous, radioactive waste dump in their midst. Nevertheless, a federal judge blocked the application of I-297, until further arguments could be heard in the courts. In 2006, a federal judge overturned I-297, calling it unconstitutional. This was all done in violation of the expressed will of the people.



AN  OBSERVATION

Let us take a closer look at what the federal judge did in 2006, regarding I-297. That judge struck down the expressed will of the people, declaring their legitimate will as being something which was unconstitutional. The author has researched the U.S. Constitution over the years and has read the writings of those involved with the implementation of that document. Therefore, the author must speak his mind, and let the pieces fall where they may.

From his research, the author does not believe that the writers and signers of the Constitution of the United States of America intended, in any way, for that document to be used as a tool to crush or disregard the expressed will of the people. The Constitution was not meant to be distorted and used as a tool, by an elite group, to enslave the general public under the dominance of an elite, despotic group or its agendas.

It appears that the writers and signers of the U.S. Constitution meant for that document to be used as a special tool, to help protect a free people from an errant or despotic government. The proper use of that document would help prevent a government, or the people who may have illegitimately taken control of it, from running amuck and "going rogue." The intended purpose of the Constitution is to help prevent a government from trampling on the express will of the people, as it did in the case of I-297.

It appears that the true purpose of the Constitution is to help prevent a government from becoming abusive or despotic. It was also meant to help stop any particular group from "hijacking" the reigns of power in the United States and bringing the country down an improper road. The proper use of the Constitution would also help prevent genocide in the United States, no matter what "cloak" is used to cover this genocide.



THE  EXPENDABLES

It is time to consider the mentality of those in control of the nuclear industry, plus those who have taken over the government and brought it down a road which is becoming highly questionable. The articles linked below tend to show a very calloused U.S. Government which considers the "downwinders" harmed by its nuclear experiments simply as being a "low-use segment of the population."

It appears we are dealing with a rogue government which has no conscience. Citizens it wilfully harms are not of any value to it. They are simply the expendables. Their purpose is to allow the elite to survive. Because this eugenicist government appears to have no respect for life, citizens can simply be harmed by radiation by the government's irresponsible and premeditated acts. It is time for citizens to realize those who are the true terrorists of our world.

The links below present government atrocities and general human experimentation with ionizing radiation. The first link comes to us from the State of Utah. Others come to us from the National Geographic Magazine, plus the states of Idaho, Nevada and Washington. In the links below, we are basically reading and hearing about premeditated, extremely brazen American genocide.

Radiation Death and Deception National Geographic - Compensating Life Downwind of Nevada The Low-Use Segment
Downwinders Charge Atomic Testing Museum of Revisionist History DOWNWINDERS --- Low Use Segment of the Population The Secret Nuclear War
Pawning the Chernobyl Necklace Time bombs...families in Idaho...downwind of nuclear testing in the 1950s REPERCUSSIONS: Downwinders
The Hanford Nuclear Site was meant to be safe for its Neighbours Overview of Hanford and Radiation Health Effects YouTube Video - Hanford Downwinders: Manhattan Project 1943-2013

The vile thinking and despotic acts shown above, which are brazenly displayed by the government and the nuclear industry, should be classed as criminal. Yes, they are crimes against humanity. These acts appear to stem from the concepts of the eugenics movement, whose supporters appear to have hijacked our government. This is the same movement whose thoughts inspired the atrocities of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during the World War Two era.

The eugenics movement was outlawed in the United States after World War Two, because of the atrocities so brazenly displayed by their Nazis collaborators. Unfortunately, the eugenics movement went "underground" and we are dealing with this "criminally-minded group" today in many facets of our daily lives. Once this is understood, everything happening at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, plus elsewhere in our world, makes perfect sense.



ONGOING  DECEPTION ?

Declassified government documents and other reports indicate that the general public was consistently deceived and willfully lied to by Hanford officials and the government during the plutonium production years at Hanford. The public was consistently lied to about the amount of radioactive waste getting into the air, the regional aquifer and the Columbia River, plus the health hazards presented by this waste. The public was also continually kept in the dark about the high level of radiation getting into the food chain, which became internalized in their bodies.

Scientists associated with Hanford performed numerous studies to find the degree of radiation getting into the river and the regional food chain. A number of Hanford scientists were highly concerned about the high level of radiation being presented to the public. But the story consistently presented to the public by Hanford officials and the government was completely different. The public was told that all is well with Hanford and there is nothing to be concerned about. Is it any different today?

As one small example of government deception in relatively recent times, the U.S. Department of Energy has blatantly deceived "a government-chartered advisory panel" regarding the nature of the material leaking in the storage tank area for high-level radioactive waste. This deception and lying is clearly shown in the article linked below.

Hanford Officials Hid Leak Evidence from Advisory Panel

The webpage linked below reveals other deceptive practices by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE intends to reclassify high-level nuclear waste at Hanford as being low-level nuclear waste, so the DOE does not have to do a true cleanup at Hanford. Yes, Hanford is the DOE eugenicist's dream come true.

Energy Department Reclassifies High Level Waste to Avoid Cleanup

It is now time to take a closer look at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: the Pandora's Box presented to the citizens of the United States (and possibly even Canada) by the U.S. Department of Energy and its confederates.

Words of Wisdom

There was a very wise statesman named Edmond Burke. He lived in the 1700s. He made some statements which are very applicable in our day. His sayings now follow.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

And again, Mr. Burke declared:

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."

Edmond Burke was also the one who declared:

"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it."

This individual seemed to have much wisdom. Here is another of his sayings:

"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse."

The saying above is very fitting, especially in regards to the nuclear industry and its controllers. The saying is also applicable in relation to the nuclear bombs and depleted uranium weaponry held by the military.

Yes, a weaponry is given to our service people which can harm their health and produce birth defects in their offsprings, plus eventually end their lives early.

What is being done to our people by the elitists who dominate and manipulate us for their interests, rather than the good of the nation and humanity at large?

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Area History

What is now the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was formerly an agricultural area. It is also the ancestral lands for a number of Native American tribes.

The Hanford area included a couple of small towns. One town was called Hanford and the other was White Bluffs.

These two towns were condemned and destroyed by the U.S. Government to make way for the nuclear reservation, while their inhabitants were displaced.

The Native Americans in this region were also displaced from their ancestral lands. Their cultures were forever changed.


White Bluffs

This link declares that White Bluffs "was one of the first European-American settlements along the Columbia River in Washington Territory."

The above link states that the original town of White Bluffs was on the east side of the Columbia River. The town then expanded onto the west side of the river. Then, the link states, "When the railroad arrived in 1913, the town moved again to a third site close to the railway."

There is a lot of interesting history in the link above.

Here is another link with pictures of White Bluffs taken in different years. This link is a slideshow of White Bluffs.

This link shows some of the buildings which were in White Bluffs, plus some that are still standing. Click on the pictures to see larger images.

This link is a photo gallery of white Bluffs and Hanford.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River starts at two lakes in British Columbia, Canada. It flows north for about 200 miles before turning south and crossing into the United States.

Once in the U.S., the Columbia drains parts of seven states before it empties into the Pacific Ocean. This information can be found in the link below.

Columbia River

The links below access maps showing the Columbia River and its drainage basin.

Drainage Columbia

The Columbia River is used for irrigating a vast area of farmland and orchards. Fish are also harvested from the river.

Because of food production, this river needs to be kept clean and radiation free. Unfortunately, Hanford may ruin this river, along with many of its valuable resources.

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Columbia Basin

The links below access pictures of some of the agricultural land and products from the Columbia Basin.

Bean Field Vineyard Walnut Orchard Dunes / Farms Irrigated Farm

The Columbia Basin is a very important agricultural area. Its products are shipped around the United States, plus shipped to various Asian countries.

Basin Notes Grape Harvest Hay...Cash Crop

The Columbia Basin produces a lot of agricultural goods for the nation and the world. Unfortunately, a serious mishap at Hanford Nuclear Reservation could put an end to all of this goodness.

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Cascadia

It is now time to piece together the story of those natural things which could trigger a nuclear disaster at Hanford.

The YouTube video, linked below, is an animation of a M9.0 quake which could hit the Pacific Northwest at any time.

The animation was originally created by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

James Roddey was formerly the Earth Sciences Information Officer for the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. Part of his job was to give presentations about the effects of a massive earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.

Mr. Roddey has added commentary stating what people would be experiencing during one of these mega-quakes.

Video Animation


In Portland

The webpage linked below declares that "the shaking in Portland will continue for at least four minutes. Portland will feel a quake with a strength, duration and destruction never before experienced in the developed Western world."

The link also states, "The rattling will grow into a pulsing undulation that will repeatedly shove the ground up and down as much as 6 feet."

Quake-Up Call

Ground wave "as much as 6 feet" high are astounding, with a duration of "at least four minutes."

Yes, the destruction from such an event will be astounding.


Affected Area

As the video above showed, the earthquake will extend from northern California to northern Vancouver Island, Canada.

This means Seattle and the Puget Sound area will also be slammed by this mega-quake.

The earthquake will be felt up to 2,000 miles away. That means that shaking could be experienced up to 2,000 miles inland.

Hanford Nuclear Reservation is well within the 2,000 mile range from the traveling epicenter in which shaking will be experienced. Hanford is only about 200 miles from the coast.

But there is more to this story.

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Fold/Thrust Belt

The article linked below speaks of how "seismic forces created the craggy hillsides and deep fissures of Washington's Yakima Fold and Thrust Belt."

Hanford Faults

The page linked below speaks of the west-northwest to east-southeast trending ridges and valleys in which the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is situated.

It declares: "Geologists now understand that those ridges were created by tectonic squeezing, and that each conceals a fault."

Quake Risk

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Concealed Faults

The article below speaks of "the rupture of a rare, hidden fault that is invisible at the surface." This rare, invisible, hidden fault caused a "devastating earthquake."

It is interesting to note that "the main shock on this fault was followed by a smaller one 10 seconds later at a fault 5km away."

This is how geology works. Things are interrelated in this earth. When one fault moves, it can trigger others in its region of influence.

Bam Quake

The surprise, 2003 quake at Bam destroyed the town and killed 26,000 people.

There are many things of value in the article above. It speaks of hidden or blind faults being "formed by compressive stresses."

The article states: "Blind thrust faults are buried under the uppermost layers of crust, but they cause the surface layers to fold over them as they deform, forming a tell-tale hill at the surface that identify them to scientists."

Compressive stresses and tell-tale hills are what exist in the Yakima fold and thrust belt. But there is more to this story.

Regarding the devastating Bam earthquake, the article declares: "This previously unknown fault was not associated with any surface features."

This is something to note, especially when considering the region where the Hanford Nuclear Reservation resides.

The article goes on to say: "Even very recent buildings - less than 10 years old - were brought down by this earthquake because the shaking was so strong."

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Fault Lines

The webpage linked below speaks of an interconnected system of faults which are beneath and pass through the Cascade Mountains.

This interconnected fault system joins with those in the Puget Sound area and extends southeast, toward the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and beyond.

The page below states that "longer fault systems generally produce larger quakes..."

In speaking of the Cascade Mountains, the article indicates that "the faults formed long before the range's volcanoes did." This is very true. There is a lot more to this story.

On Faults

The report linked below is an indepth study of the fault system which extends from the Puget Sound region, beneath the Cascade Mountains and into southeast Washington.

Active Faults

The webpage linked below states: "The new evidence suggests that the region could be rocked by shaking two to three times stronger than the [Hanford nuclear] plant was designed for." The faults in the area now appear to extend deeper into the earth than formerly believed. The article declares: "Deeper faults can produce bigger quakes."

Quake Risk

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The Lineament

This discussion speaks of fault lines which pass from the Puget Sound area, under the Cascade Mountains and into southeastern Washington.

This concept in nothing unusual. Let us not forget about the immense, Olympic-Wallowa Lineament (OWL).

The Wikepedia article linked below declares that the OWL "is a physiographic feature of unknown origin in the state of Washington (northwestern U.S.) running approximately from the town of Port Angeles, on the Olympic Peninsula to the Wallowa Mountains of eastern Oregon."

Lineament

It is of interest to note that Rattlesnake Mountain is related to the immense Olympic-Wallowa Lineament. Rattlesnake Mountain is on the southwest side of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

The relation between Rattlesnake Mountain and Hanford Nuclear Reservation can clearly be seen in the drawing linked here.

The picture, linked here, shows a nuclear reactor building at Hanford, with Rattlesnake Mountain rising behind it.

This link also shows the relationship between Hanford and Rattlesnake Mountain (to the left of Hanford). Note also the geologic feature coming from the top-left of the picture and passing directly into Hanford.

Yes, the signs exist. There are natural triggers in the area which could ultimately bring devastation to Hanford.

Devastation at Hanford does not simply have to be a result of poor engineering. But, poor engineering opens the door for a more serious and catastrophic disaster in the event of a mega-quake.

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To Consider

A M9.0 or larger Cascadia subduction zone earthquake has been spoken about for quite some time. This, in itself, is one very major thing. But the author believes there is more to the earthquake equation than simply that shown by the standard Cascadia subduction zone model.

Science has mapped the ocean bottom and understands what is happening at the edge of the continent. It speaks about a subduction zone. But, what is the structure below on which the continent rests? Yes, what is beneath the continent itself?

The author believes there may be a north-south aligned rift system deep under Washington, Oregon and California, possibly under the western part. What makes him think such a thing?

Let us begin to "connect the dots."

It is known that the continental mass is of a lighter weight rock, so it basically "floats" on top of the ocean floor and mantle materials. The theory of drifting continents is commonly believed in science. Many have their opinions of how things moved and will move. This link from the Internet is just one example. Here is another.

Science teaches that North America moved westward across the ocean, ages ago. It also teaches about the ridge and rift system which is like a fracture-line that passes through the oceans of the world.

A southern portion of the rift resides in the Gulf of California, between mainland Mexico and Baja California. This map of the rift system shows it going into or under the North American continent in the Gulf of California, but shows no more of it.

Where is the portion of the rift which extends north from the Gulf of California? Let us consider this thought further.

When the North American landmass took its westward trip across the face of the earth, in ancient times, it is reasonable to believe that it overrode the rift system. The northern portion of the rift is now located under the continent, possibly somewhere deep under the Interstate-5 corridor, or even under the Cascade Mountains.

This rift system is spoken about in more detail in the lower panel in the main section of this page.

A rift located deep under the I-5 corridor or the Cascade Mountains would possibly make sense, considering all the volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains. There are also about 95 volcanic vents in the Portland metro area, plus volcanic vents on the other side of the Cascades Mountains. These may have all been fed by "The Big Guy" deep below.

A deep-seated rift under the I-5 corridor or the Cascade Mountains could place a trigger for the next mega-quake much closer to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

A rupturing rift in this locale could have a great affect on the fault lines in the I-5 corridor, in the Puget Sound region, and those which pass under the Cascade Mountains toward the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

This rift and fault situation could have a great affect on the degree of shaking experienced at the Hanford nuclear facility when the next mega-quake breaks loose.

The radiation spread created by this type of disaster could be very devastating. It could readily spread over a large area of the United States and possibly even parts of Canada, if not beyond.

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DOE & Eugenics

The U.S. DOE is involved with programs for "genetic enhancement." A similar concept is what the Nazi eugenicists were working with in the days of Adolf Hitler.

The link below indicates that the Nazis were working to improve the gene pool for the Germanic master race "through eugenics."

Nazi Eugenics


Genetic Enhancement

The link below speaks about the program the DOE is involved with. It speaks of "altering the human species through genetic enhancement."

The page states: "The National Human Genome Research Institute, under whose authority the grant was awarded, has overseen, along with the Department of Energy, the project to map the entire human genetic blueprint."

NIH Eugenics


DOE Genetic Projects

The link below accesses a page with links to DOE genetic projects.

DOE Genomic

What is the DOE up to these days? This project appears to be very questionable.


Project Funding

The link below states that the the Joint Genome Institute in California is "funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research."

Decoding


Eugenics Movement

The document linked below speaks of the eugenics movement in the 1900s. Its purpose was to "produce a super race of humans."

Of the eugenics movement, the document states: "It reached its most horrifying expression during the 'reign' of the Third Reich under Adolph Hitler.

The document mentions "a real danger that the dissemination of information about the genetic code could facilitate the rise of a neo-Eugenics movement."

Human Genome

Could it also be said that the dissemination of information about the genetic code may readily facilitate the rise of a neo-Nazi type of movement?

Upon further consideration, are the eugenists and the Nazis simply two faces of the same thing? Was not Hitler and the Nazis inspired by materials presented to them by the American eugenics movement?


Necessary Questions

Isn't the DOE supposed to be about energy? Why are they involved with genetics alteration and so-called enhancement programs? Why are they involved with cracking the genetic code? What is their purpose here? Who is in control here?


Ionizing Radiation

Does the DOE and genetic "enhancement" all fit in with nuclear energy and ionizing radiation in the environment.

Is it possible for ionizing radiation to cause sterilizations or serious mutations, and even major birth defects?

Can ionizing radiation in the environment have a detrimental affect, including the potential for altering future generations?

Could this ionizing radiation be used as a vehicle for forced population control or reduction, or like Hitler and the Nazis, in an attempt to produce the super race?

The DOE tampering with genetic modification tends to put them in a questionable position. It does have shades of Nazi Germany and human experimentation.


The Human Code

The document linked below declares:

"Human genetics became an enlightened endeavor in the late twentieth century. Hard-working, devoted scientists finally cracked the human code through the Human Genome Project. Now, every individual can be biologically identified and classified by trait and ancestry."

"Yet even now, some leading voices in the genetic world are calling for a cleansing of the unwanted among us, and even a master human species."

American Roots

Yes, the American eugenics movement is rising to complete power again. The international eugenics movement will utterly dominate the world, at least for a period of time.

What will be coming upon this earth next? What will we see in the times ahead? How will people be reacting to those things which they see coming upon the earth?


Prophetic Words

In answer to the last words in the section above, this may be the place for a few words of prophecy. It is written in the Bible:

"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken."

KJV  Luke 21:25-26


The DOE and Nazis

To consider the DOE, the Nazis and the eugenics movement further, the lower portion of the webpage linked below contains a considerable amount of "food for thought."

Silent War

Many questions about why things are happening the way they are in our world may readily be answered in the webpage linked above.


Returning to Hanford

Is there a reason why the DOE is blatantly forcing their way and running roughshod over the citizens of the Pacific Northwest, regarding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation?

Is there a reason why they appear to be allowing substandard equipment to be installed at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation?

Is there a reason why the DOE is so hell-bent on using Hanford as the National Radioactive and Chemical Waste Dump?

Is there a reason why the DOE is so hell-bent on building a sensitive Vitrification Plant in a seismically dangerous region? What is the true agenda here?

Yes, there may be much more to the story than the average citizen ever really wanted to know. But, it is time to "face the tiger" and deal with it.

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Vitrification Plant

The highly radioactive Hanford Nuclear Reservation is not just a mess, it is a world-class environmental disaster of the worst type. But strange things have been happening with the "cleanup" operation. Possibly something else is going on at Hanford, besides a genuine cleanup operation.


Waste Isolation Plant

In all of this, the radioactive accident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico should be noted. Because of the accident, it appears the WIPP will not be accepting highly radioactive nuclear materials from around the nation, including that from Hanford. Things appear to be at a standstill.


Yucca Mountain

To make matters worse, Obama closed the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository project in Nevada. Now there is no place to put all the high-level and dangerous, radioactive waste from around the nation. So, what will be done now?


Ship It To Hanford

It appears the DOE will now ship high-level nuclear waste and dangerous chemicals from around the nation to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. In all of this, some questions come to mind.


Cautious Inquiry

What will be the true purpose and intent of the Vitrification Plant at the Hanford site? Before we answer this question, let us consider some history.


Some History

In former times, the military-industrial complex used nuclear facilities for making nuclear bombs.

Then the military-industrial complex came out with the next generation of nuclear weapons. These are the "depleted uranium" weapons, which seem to cause just as much problems for our own people as for the enemies of the powers that be. So, it may be time to consider the next questions.


Crucial Questions

Will the Vitrification Plant at Hanford be used to produce an even more advanced, next generation of nuclear weapons?

Will the Vit Plant be used to create nuclear weapons from the waste which is transported into the nuclear facility? Will it make the next generation of nuclear weapons from the radioactive and toxic "witches brew" in the defective storage tanks at Hanford?

I am sure by the time all things are said and done, we will all know the true answers to these questions, whether or not we ever wanted to know.

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Of Interest

The webpage linked below is about the Idaho Nationa Laboratory. It also includes some information about the Hanford Green Run and Operation Bluenose.

Once the file is open in your browser, open it in Adobe Reader for clear viewing.

U.S. DOE INL

The link above also speaks of something else which is very interesting. It speaks of the secret Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program from the 1950s.

These special atomic jet aircraft spewed a considerable amount of radiation directly into the atmosphere. That radioactivity was ultimately there for all to breath and ingest.

The ANP test program operated from 1955 until it was wisely canceled by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, about 2 years before he was assassinated.

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Safe Nuclear ?

Is there a safe form of nuclear power? Is there a form which would truly be safe for the general public and the environment? Is there a safe form which its products could not be used for making nuclear weapons?

The webpage linked below speaks of "a nuclear technology that has all the advantages of traditional nuclear and none of the drawbacks. Its name is thorium."

Solve Problems?

According to the article above, thorium for use in fueling clean and safe types of nuclear reactors "is abundant." It also states that thorium type nuclear reactors do not experience meltdowns, like those which have happened at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, just to name a few.


Any Waste Problem ?

But, what about thorium fuel? Will its use create just as much radioactive waste as that created by our present nuclear reactors? The article indicates that there is relatively little waste. It says that "the little waste it does produce is potentially recyclable."


A Question

This is interesting! Because of safety and environmental issues, why are not thorium-fueled nuclear reactors in common use around the world?


The Answer

The answer is, because of warmongers who are determined to keep the means for producing their weapons of mass destruction.

It is like a disease with them. They lust for weapons which can exterminate the human race many times over.

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More On Thorium

The webpage linked below shows one method for producing power using thorium as the main fuel.

In this instance, the special fuel rods do use a small core of uranium to cause the necessary reactions in the thorium to obtain useful heat for power production.

These rods are meant for use in standard nuclear reactors, replacing the standard uranium fuel rods.

Safer Alternative


Proton Beam System

There is a safer method for using thorium as a fuel. This method does not need uranium or plutonium to initiate or sustain the reaction.

The safer method uses an "accelerator-driven sub-critical reactor." This technology is introduced in the page linked below.

The webpage declares: "The extra neutrons needed for achieving criticality would be provided by an external source - a particle accelerator.

In this case, if something goes wrong in the system, you simply turn off the particle accelerator and the reaction stops.

Accelerator


Energy Amplifier

The energy amplifier uses a particle beam to cause a material like thorium to react. The webpage linked below declares that the process "releases enough energy to power the particle accelerator and leave an energy profit for power generation."

Energy amplifier

The document linked below is a more indepth presentation on the use of particle beams for reacting things like thorium. The author of this work is well known in his field. His name is Carlo Rubbia.

Thorium Reactor

The document linked below gives further details about an accelerator driven thorium reactor.

Green Nuclear

The document linked below presents a depleted uranium excited, thorium fueled system. This is interesting information, though it is not as environmentally friendly as the accelerator driven reactors.

Thorium Cycle

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Plain Reality

Will environmentally friendly thorium-fueled nuclear reactors come into common use?

It appears very unlikely. Serious research on the Internet indicates that thorium-fueled reactors are much harder to use for the production of nuclear weapons.

The powers that be appear to be into technologies with direct military applications. Therefore, they do not need or want such a system.

It appears that the necessary funding for thorium-fueled, accelerator-driven reactors is very hard, if not almost impossible to obtain.

Unfortunately, research and development follows the money.

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Back to Hanford

There are still many things to consider about "the Hanford picture" and the U.S. Department of Energy (formerly the Atomic Energy Commission - AEC). A number of interesting pieces of information will be presented in the sections below.

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Dirty Secrets

The 2014 videos linked below are from KING 5 news in Seattle, WA. They present the Hanford Dirty Secrets.

The first video is a 15 minute presentation on a leaking, double shell tank which holds some of the most dangerous waste known to mankind.

The second video presents more information and is about 29 minutes long.

The third video is the long version of the presentation. It is about 54 minutes long.

The videos speak about the ongoing, leaking, dangerous radioactive mess at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, plus the questionable practices being used there.

Dirty Secrets (1) Dirty Secrets (2) Dirty Secrets (3)

The videos have much good information that is worth seeing. But, there is one minor flaw in the information.

These videos tend to leave the impression that the Columbia River is not yet contaminated.

Other information presented on this webpage clearly shows that the river has actually been seriously contaminated for decades.

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River & Uranium

The article linked below declares: "About 330 pounds of uranium per year is released to the Columbia River from the Hanford 300 Area, according to DOE."

The map linked here shows the 300 Area in the lower right corner. It is located just north and a little upstream from Richland, Washington.

Groundwater

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Irradiated River

The page linked below declares that "the DOE said for decades that tank wastes would take 10,000 years to reach the ground water. It got there in less than 40."

The page also declares: "DOE officials admitted in 1991 that managers dumped 440 billion gallons of radioactive liquids directly into the soil - using ditches, cribs, trenches and injection wells - and that hazardous waste had fouled the Columbia River."

Nuke Sludge

The page above also speaks of accidents at Hanford and health issues experienced by people in the region.

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Human Radiation Experiments

The links in this section access text documents from the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.


Richland and Hanford

The link below, from October 19, 1994, is about the Richland, Washington Operations.

This document speaks about Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL, now PNNL or Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) experiments during the Walla Walla prisoner study and the Promethium studies.

The document notes many human radiation experiments from 1952 to 1968. It speaks about data gathering on schoolchildren. It speaks of "13 cubic feet of documentation."

The document declares that "the lead laboratory for these studies was Lawrence Livermore" in California.

Richland

The document above speaks about intentional releases of radiation upon the general public during the Green Run, in 1944, performed at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. It speaks about radiation releases into the environment in 1962 and 1963, plus multiple releases during Project Bluenose.


November 21 Meeting

The two documents linked below are almost identical copies. Both links are presented here in case one link becomes unusable.

One view expressed in the documents linked below is that "human radiation experiments and intentional releases were crimes against humanity and violations of criminal statutes." The documents speak of "testicular irradiation experiments" between 1963 to 1970. These experiments present shades of the diabolic eugenics movement and Nazi Germany.

November 21 November 21

The documents above speak of the Green Run at Hanford, plus other intentional releases of radiation and experiments upon the general public in 1945, 1946, 1951 and 1963. They speak of experiments on schoolchildren. The problems experienced by Hanford Downwinders are also presented.

The documents speak of several downwinders who "expressed their anger and frustration at being harmed by the government and not being told the truth, even today." They speak of the intentional radiation releases on the general public as being the "genocide of the American people."

When considering these things, it should be noted that Nazi nuclear scientists were illegally brought into the United States during the World War Two era and put into the nuclear industry. It should also be noted that the Nazis were eugenicists and readily performed human experimentation.

It appears that the eugenicists did not lose the Second World War. Not by a long shot. They are alive and well today, and stronger than ever.


A Document

The link below accesses a large, 28 MB PDF document which "provides a catalog of the location of large numbers of reports pertaining to the charge of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Research." The second link is the same document in another format.

Committee (1) Committee (2)

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Eugenics

For a person to truly understand why things are happening the way they are upon our earth, a person should do an in-depth study of the eugenics movement.

A person could also come to a better understanding of why the economies of our earth are not in great shape, with so many people out of work.

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Radiation Spread

As the author has researched the situation at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation regarding the spread of radiation via the complex underground aquifer system, he has formed a number of conclusions.

One of his conclusions regards the general direction which the radioactive materials in the regional aquifer system are spreading out from the Hanford site.


Benton City Wells

In his research, the author found that off-site spread of uranium from Hanford first appears to be mentioned at wells for Benton City.

Contamination in Benton City wells occurred by mid 1947. It should be noted that Benton City is located by the Yakima River, about 20 miles from the center of Hanford.


The Yakima River

It is interesting to note that the Yakima River discharges the greatest amount of uranium into the Columbia River, of all the sources noted in this link.

The Yakima River is said to discharge 8,800 pounds of uranium into the Columbia River per year.

The link above does not mention any other radioactive elements. Why? Are no other Hanford contaminants being tested for in the Yakima River?


An Indicator

The high uranium contamination in the Yakima River tends to indicate that wastes from Hanford are generally spreading out the fastest in a south to southwest direction in the underground aquifer and regional water system.

A general spread in this direction would cause radioactive waste from Hanford to more readily contaminate the Yakima River region. Then, the Yakima River dumps its large load of radioactive contamination into the Columbia River on the downstream end of Richland, Washington (as seen on the map linked here).


May Junction Fault

The document linked below (on Adobe Reader, page 2 of 23) speaks of a "southwest flow beneath B Pond to the 200 East Area. Eastward flow away from the region of elevated water levels does not occur; this is attributed to the May Junction Fault, located east of B Pond, which is thought to be a hydrologic barrier preventing flow to the east."

The B-Pond is shown near the center of the map (on Adobe Reader, page 8 of 12) in this link. The verified portion of the May Junction Fault is shown on the pages which follow (pages 9, 11 and 12). This link (Document Number: PNNL-12261, April 2000, on Adobe Reader, page 12 of 101) calls this geologic feature "the buried May Junction Fault lineament."

Because the May Junction Fault is called a lineament, that would cause the author to believe that there are other features in the area, particularly in a southward direction, which may be a continuation of this fault lineament. This matter will be discussed shortly.

The above-linked document (on Adobe Reader, page 4 of 23) also states: "The May Junction Fault, located east of B Pond and in a north-south trend, acts as a barrier to groundwater flow in the unconfined aquifer and the confined aquifer within the Ringold Formation. It may also impede the movement of water in the upper basalt-confined aquifer system."

Confined Aquifers

The document linked here (on Adobe Reader, page 12 of 20) shows an west-east cross-section of the May Junction Fault.

The document linked here (on Adobe Reader, page 12 of 28) states that the east side of the fault is "displaced vertically downward about 185 feet."

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A Lineament

In the section above, the May Junction Fault is clearly termed as "the buried May Junction Fault lineament." This term has been used in a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) publication. The PNNL is associated with the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and U.S. DOE. Therefore, it is time to examine the use of this particular geologic term.

This source defines a lineament as being "a linear topographic feature of regional extent that is believed to reflect underlying crustal structure."

Please note the use of the word "regional" in the above definition.

This Wikipedia entry adds to the above definition by stating: "Typically a lineament will comprise a fault-aligned valley, a series of fault or fold-aligned hills, a straight coastline or indeed a combination of these features."

This document from the University of Bergen, Norway (on Adobe Reader, page 1 of 10), states that "surface and subsurface drainage is partly controlled by lineaments."

The University of Bergen document, linked above (on Adobe Reader, page 8 of 10), states that "topo lineaments, being linear or near-linear depressions, also serve as a framework for river flow."

The document above also states that "the distribution of river segments is similar to that of the lineaments, indicating that rivers and streams tend to follow the lineaments."

It is also said, in the document linked above, that "little associated surface runoff along lineaments may indicate high subsurface drainage."

This information about lineaments and the control of "surface and subsurface drainage" is important. So is the reference to lineaments serving "as a framework for river flow."

This information leads into the section which follows.

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The River Gap

It should be noted that at Benton City, the Yakima River makes an abrupt turn to the north. It continues on this northward path for about 6 miles, while passing through a break or gap in the segmented geologic fold composed of the much higher Rattlesnake Mountain (to the west) and the much lower Red Mountain (to the east).

The break in the segmented geologic fold is called the Yakama River water gap.  This water gap is located in a "relatively undeformed" area "where two fold segments plunge together," as noted in this document called 'Volcanism and Tectonism in the Columbia River Flood-basalt Province, Issue 239', on page 251.

It appears that some very major geologic forces acted upon the geologic fold at this location and caused the major gap where resides the Yakima River. The major geologic forces caused the eastern segment of the fold, called Red Mountain, to be much lower than the western portion of the fold, called Rattlesnake Mountain.

If a line is drawn through the entrance and exit points of the Yakima River water gap, it would generally point toward the north-south aligned May Junction Fault lineament, on the east side of the Hanford 200 Area. The area to the east of this north-south fault line is also dropped down or lower, similar to the lower, eastern segment of the geologic fold at the Yakima River water gap.

It appears that geologic forces may have formed a type of north-south aligned lineament in this area on which resides the Yakima River water gap and the more northerly May Junction Fault. A paragraph in the section above notes the potential for a high subsurface drainage along lineaments.

Benton city resides at an elevation of about 499 feet above sea level. The Hanford 200 West Area resides at an elevation somewhere near 676 feet above sea level. The Hanford 200 East Area resides at an elevation somewhere near 679 feet above sea level.

Considering the difference in elevation and the north-south aligned geology in the area, is it any wonder that uranium showed up in Benton City wells about 2-1/2 years after Hanford started injecting nuclear wastes into the ground at the 200 Area in 1945?

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Injection Wells

Injection wells used at Hanford were also known as reverse wells.

The diagram, linked here, shows different ways that waste was disposed of at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

The left side of the diagram shows the use of reverse wells. Note that Cesium-137, Strontium-90 and Plutonium were injected directly into the aquifer.

The article linked below, under the section heading of 'The Problems,' shows that between 1945 and 1947 "about 11 million gallons of liquid radioactive waste were pumped down two deep injection wells directly into the aquifer. The liquid contained about 16 pounds of plutonium. The wells were closed when plutonium was found miles away, but still on the Hanford site."

Nuclear Mess

In a rather short period of time, plutonium was found miles away (yes, that is miles away) from the injection wells.

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Burp and Belch

At Hanford Nuclear Reservation are 177 underground storage tanks which hold extremely dangerous nuclear waste.  A 2013 Scientific American article, linked here, states: "Overall, the tanks hold every element in the periodic table, including half a ton of plutonium, various uranium isotopes and at least 44 other radionuclides - containing a total of about 176 million curies of radioactivity."


An Article

A 1997 article, linked here, declares the following about the 177 underground waste tanks at Hanford:

"For several decades, more than a third of these huge tanks have burped, rumbled and leaked. Some belched hydrogen and ammonia gas; others are dangerously hot, causing cracks and bulges in the tank walls and floors."

The article states that "some have belched hydrogen gas with enough force to buckle their metal lids."

This brings us to our next subject.

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The Groundwater

The webpage, linked here, gives a partial list of radioactive materials which were "found in the groundwater beneath Hanford by congressional investigators." The list includes the following:

Plutonium, uranium, tritium, strontium-90, cesium-137, iodine-129 and technetium-99.

Radioactive wastes were, in the early stages of Hanford, injected into the aquifer via injection wells (also called reverse wells). The flow of the aquifer could then move these wastes wherever it desired.

Could these radioactive waste materials congregate into something which could start mini reactions underground in the aquifer, especially if a neutron producing material like aluminum, boron, beryllium, lithium or fluorine got mixed up in the "nuclear soup?"

The decay of uranium and other radioactive materials can produce alpha, beta or gamma radiation. These particles react with neutron producing materials to produce a shower of neutrons. Could the shower of neutrons keep an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction going for a certain period of time? What could be the result of such an event?

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Aqueous Reactor

We commonly think of nuclear reactors as having regular fuel rods. But there is another type of reactor which has no fuel rods. It is called the aqueous homogeneous reactor.

The Wikipedia page linked here declares: "Aqueous homogeneous reactors (AHR) are a type of nuclear reactor in which soluble nuclear salts (usually uranium sulfate or uranium nitrate) are dissolved in water."

Let us now consider one fact.

There was a lot of uranium and other radioactive elements which were injected into the aquifer system below Hanford in earlier times.

Is there any possibility that these materials, if congregated by Nature, could produce a type of uncontrolled aqueous homogeneous reactor beneath Hanford?

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Nature's Reactor

The article linked here, from years back, declares the following:

"To operate a nuclear power plant like Three Mile Island, hundreds of highly trained employees must work in concert to generate power from safe fission, all the while containing dangerous nuclear wastes."

"On the other hand, it's been known for 30 years that Mother Nature once did nuclear chain reactions by her lonesome." This occurred in what is now Gabon, West Africa.

The article states that Nature's nuclear reactor "worked on a 30-minute reaction cycle, accompanied by a two-and-a-half hour dormant period, or cool down."

What would it be like if a similar phenomenon occurred within the nuclear waste in the aquifer below the Hanford Nuclear Reservation?

Could steam produced during such a reaction produce "fracking" of the surrounding rock structure? Could this produce low-intensity earthquake swarms?

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Hanford Quakes

The webpage linked here presents information about earthquakes and earthquake swarms at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Once again, could there be any connection between all the hydraulically transported nuclear waste which was deposited deep in the aquifers via reverse or injection wells?

Could radioactive fuels become concentrated and lodged in certain areas of the complex aquifer system?

Could underground concentrations of radioactive fuels periodically begin to react? Once again, could this result in earthquake swarms?

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Oil and Gas

The article linked below, from 1987, states: "Major oil companies believe there may be a huge reserve of oil and natural gas under the Hanford Nuclear Reservation..."

The article declares: "Evidence of oil or natural gas at Hanford would disqualify the federal reservation from consideration as the nation's first high-level nuclear waste site," under "The Nuclear Waste Policy Act."

Oil Companies

Interesting enough, the U.S. DOE is doing everything possible to prevent oil companies from exploring anywhere on the Hanford site.

The article states: "From 1978 to 1986, the Energy Department refused 135 requests for oil and gas leases on the reservation.

Is the DOE afraid that exploratory drilling might turn up a considerably larger amount of mobile radioactive contamination than is currently known?

On the other hand, possibly the DOE is concerned about the radiation hazard which may be presented to a drilling crew who bored into underground nuclear wastes.

Possibly it is just easier for the DOE to refuse drilling permits at Hanford, rather than letting the public know that there is a much greater problem beneath Hanford, and in the surrounding region, than the agency has been telling the public all along.