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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Four EDTs for the destruction of chemical weapons

"The Army's ability to meet public and congressional demands to destroy expeditiously all of the U.S. declared chemical weapons would be enhanced by the selection and acquisition of appropriate explosive destruction technologies (EDTs) to augment the main technologies to be used to destroy the chemical weapons currently at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) in Kentucky and the Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) in Colorado. The Army is considering four EDTs for the destruction of chemical weapons: three from private sector vendors, and a fourth, Army-developed explosive destruction system (EDS)."

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Did ASARCO El Paso ever incinerate Low Level Radioactive Wastes (LLRW) ?

How can we know that the facility never burned the stuff? Has anyone ever seen TCEQ/EPA or ASARCO site data for polonium, actinides etc from either the pond sediments or from protected areas (like attics) that collect dust??

"Google Alert:
Low-level waste emerges as hurdle for new nuclear reactors"

"New York Times - United States
US low-level waste comes from a wide range of places, including hospitals and laboratories, but the greatest -- and most toxic -- volume is produced by the ...
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