Manhattan Project Waste Materials in Lewiston Being Moved to Texas

Manhattan Project waste materials in Lewiston being moved to Texas

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Shipments of radioactive waste in Lewiston that is left over from the Manhattan Project are being sent to Texas, officials confirmed to WIVB News 4 on Tuesday. The materials are being trucked from Lewiston to Buffalo and then being taken by train to Andrews, Texas, near the New Mexico state line. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the transportation began last week. The radioactive waste has been at a 191-acre site off …

How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US? • SC Daily Gazette

The Savannah River Site has a total of 51 waste tanks. Eight of those tanks have been operationally closed. (From Savannah River Site fact sheet, May 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different structures and containers. For decades, the nation has been trying to send it all to one secure location. A 1987 federal law named Yucca Mountain, i…

When will RFK jr swim in this radioactive creek?

Children who lived near the creek polluted with atomic waste from WWII were far more likely to contract cancer than those who lived farther away, according to a study of St. Louis' Coldwater Creek. "We actually saw something quite dramatic, not only elevated risk of cancer, but one that increased steadily in a sort of dose-response manner the closer the childhood residents got to Coldwater Creek," said the study's senior author, Marc Weisskopf,…

A creek with atomic waste from WWII is linked to increased cancer risk

A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades.

A creek with atomic waste from WWII is linked to increased cancer risk - TPR: The Public's Radio

A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades. The post A creek with atomic waste from WWII is linked to increased cancer risk appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.

A Creek With Atomic Waste From WWII is Linked to Increased Cancer Risk

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