How to dismantle a nuclear reactor (photos)

by David Worthington  |  August 11, 2011  |  Image 10 of 27

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Crane components were lifted into the air and lowered into the Pretreatment facility through the roof. When operational, the 30-ton capacity crane will be essential to maintaining the process equipment in areas of the facility off limits to workers (black cells).

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look b4 u leap
Sure would have been nice to have a clean up plan before we got in so deep.
Nuclear News Now for those missing nuke info from the common M$M

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http://enenews.com

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Posted by chemfood
12th Aug 2011
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Shippingport and Big Rock Point
Granted those were only 60 megawatt plants but they were fully operational and had all the contamination problems of a big plant. this isn't new or news, just a matter of size.
Posted by zclayton3
15th Aug 2011
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Excellent article
On how to build a waste treatment plant for weapons waste. not much on the headline subject. clickbait.
Posted by zclayton3
15th Aug 2011
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