PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Aviate, Navigate, communicate
View Single Post
Old 5th Sep 2005, 21:20
  #17 (permalink)  
Russell Gulch
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 435
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
[off-topic]
why Harwell's P106 still exists
I can understand the question (like as if a little exclusion zone is going to prevent any unpleasantness).

There is still a lot of "old material" there, going back to the very earliest experiments. It is undergoing re-siting (within the Harwell complex) to protect it for a little longer than the original canisters could offer. The cost of this is enormous.

Unfortunately, a lot of this "material" is of unknown type and/or indeterminate radioactivity, from old gloves & suits to particles of unknown isotopes. Some has a half-life >100,000 years (so I am led to believe)...how dreadful that we impart this legacy to future generations.
[/off-topic]

Russ
Russell Gulch is offline