WIPP Radiation Leak Study Released; DOE Finds Probable Cause
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▻http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/05/09/wipp-radiation-leak-study-released-doe-finds-probabl
On May 5, Department of Energy (DOE) crews discovered damaged bags of magnesium oxide on top of nuclear waste containers shipped from the Los Alamos Lab inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (#WIPP) facility in the suspected area of the radiation leak.
The bags weigh about a ton each, are placed atop waste containers, and do not contain radioactive material themselves. Experts think that “untreated nitrate salts” on the waste containers may have created an “energetic chemical reaction” with other chemicals from the bags or on the containers.