"The Office of River Protection
oversees the Hanford Site's tank waste
remediation system, which is a large and complex
effort to remediate 60%
(by volume) of the nation's and 90% (by radioactivity)
of the Hanford Site's
radioactive waste resulting from nuclear weapons
development. It includes
remediating approximately 190 million curies
in 53 million gallons of
liquid and solid waste that have been accumulating
in underground storage tanks
for more than 50 years and 143 million curies
in cesium and strontium
capsules."
"The Hanford Site in southeastern Washington
State has one of the largest
concentrations of radioactive waste in the
world. That waste is the legacy
of 45 years of plutonium production for nuclear
weapons, which began with the
Manhattan Project in the 1940s and continued
through most of the Cold War.
Fifty-three million gallons of high- level
radioactive waste are stored in
177 underground tanks near the Columbia River,
the lifeblood of much of
the Northwest, and must be dealt with before
more waste leaks to the soil and
groundwater. Sixty-seven of the 149 older
single-shell tanks (SSTs) have
leaked an estimated one million gallons of
waste. Some of that waste has
been detected in the groundwater that flows
to the Columbia River seven miles
away. It is critical to treat, immobilize,
and dispose of this waste.
"Hanford Site high-level waste radioactive
underground storage tanks are
large. The high- level radioactive tank waste
will be treated and
converted to a glass waste form via a process
known as vitrification. Vitrification
is the most effective treatment process to
produce a durable, stable waste
form in which radioactive and hazardous constituents
are incorporated and
immobilized. Vitrification is the preferred
means for treating high- level
radioactive waste and has been successfully
employed in the United States,
France, and England.
Once immobilized, the high- level fraction
of the waste will be stored on
site at Hanford until it can be shipped to
a federal geologic repository
for permanent disposal. The low activity fraction
of the waste will be
disposed on the Hanford Site. The project
was proceeding to acquire privatized
waste treatment and immobilization services
from BNFL Inc. However, in May 2000
DOE announced it's intent to terminate that
contract after BNFL Inc. submitted
a proposal that raised serious concerns in
many areas, including cost and
schedule, management and business approach.
ORP is now proceeding to
acquire a WTP under a cost-plus- incentive
fee completion contract using the
process development and design work accomplished
by BNFL Inc. Proposals
for this new contract were received in October,
and a contract was awarded
to Bechtel-Washington on December 11, 2000."
Our main objective is to contain the liquid
waste that is leaking from the tanks so that
it doesn't reach the ground water and doesn't
contaminate the Columbia river.
You can use any method you
are comfortable with, be it a prayer, meditation,
thought form, sending love, white light, reiki,
etc.
Please try to clear your mind
from any negative feelings and emotions -
hatred, anger, outrage, judgment, etc. and
fill yourself with love and positive emotions.
Please remember to be
open and receptive for the outcome to be of
the
highest good and not to interfere with
the cleanup efforts already in progress at
the site.
A few years ago Japanese
priests who were praying over the condition
of
Lake Biwaka. After some time the lake began
to clear up and become less
polluted. Some scientists investigated this
and did labratory studies of
the water molecule and what happened to it
when exposed to prayer. A
scientist named Dr. Emoto published his findings
in his book "Message from
Water." (see
http://www.earthtransitions.com
Since discovering that prayer actually changed
the molecular structure of
water itself, they instituded a national day
of prayer for the waters of
Japan on July 23rd.
The success of the idea prompted many around
the world to take up that
prayer and so now the date of July 23rd is
honored Internationally as a
day to honor and give thanks to the waters
of the world.
"drawing a blue line around the sites
that were leaking (heavy, multiple
lines) on a map to effect a dam to hold the
snot in place and keep it
from coming to the river. OR--- draw a heavy
line around the whole
reservation, to hold the contaminates in place."
Here are some thoughts, extracted
from our discussions:
"I think we should be
open and receptive to the highest and best
good for the situation, that is if one is
disciplined enough to have a
clear mind with regard to outcomes."
"The focus is on saving the Columbia
River and all that it gives life to
from contamination by Hanford's toxic/radioactive
waste. I just have to believe
that the Universe will hear and sort out this
message and act upon it in
the best way, no matter how inept my prayers
turn out to be."
"It's not how we pray, it is just praying
to be open and receptive for the outcome to
be of the
highest and best good."
"Let's not try to dictate what the individual
thought processes involved should be;
rather, rest easy with the knowledge that
our intents and beliefs are
the same. We know that with our belief and
honesty behind the work,
there will be a beneficial effect."
More information available
at:
http://www.hanford.gov/hanford.html
http://hanfordwatch.org/
If you have any comments and
/ or suggestions - please e-mail me at:
chris@diviningmind.com
