Piney Point

[woohooguy]

https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radioactive ... tive%20gas.

so, that's kind of what i was thinking. Its uranium and radium that naturally occur in the raw materials. But nuclear power plants use Uranium and some of that uranium ends up in the cooling water that cools the fuel rods. And they have ways to filter that radiation from the water. Why won't those methods work the same on this water?

It can, but itll be expensive. Like really expensive.

Radioactive water is treated with carbon and reverse osmosis. When dealing with water with low total dissolved solids, like the water cooling nuclear fuel rods, its not an issue. You filter the water, dispose of the water by pumping it deep underground or dissolve in a larger body, like the ocean. The now loaded filter material being osmosis membrane or carbon get tagged as nuclear waste, canned and stored.

The issue with these gypsum ponds is the total dissolved solids are enormous and filtration isn't practical. Dissolve plaster in water and pass it through a Brita pitcher, it wont make it long at all. You would have to centrifuge the solids from the water, and removing fine particles from the water would require very specialized centrifuges with massive air containment and filtering, just an absolute nightmare and not the least bit portable. Who wants radioactive water trucked through your town or floated up on shore in a boat? Then everything it touches is now contaminated. How about a 100 million dollar centrifuge that is only used once, is now contaminated its self, and too expensive to dismantle and store as it is contaminated?

It can be done but a logistical nightmare that only billions can solve.

Realistically the best option is identify an area nearby that can be drilled to depths far below the water table, pump this shit into it and hope it doesn't migrate. There has already been sinkholes formed under similar ponds and it collapses in and massively contaminates the water table. Get it deeper and cross your fingers, or cross your fingers and hope the sinkhole capital of the states doesn't swallow it.

[woohooguy]

A good read -

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29541-0

[Animal]

It can be done but a logistical nightmare that only billions can solve.

so reading through all of that it sounds to me that the concentration level is the problem. its too diluted. So the solution to that is to evaporate off the water and get a higher and higher concentration of the radioactive waste, right? Assuming you could keep the rain out of it and it just naturally sat there and evaporated, it would take a while, but it would happen. Once you get it down to where the concentration levels are high enough, then you use the reverse osmosis process?

[CaptQuint]

Plus it’s so close to Tahoe. I’d move there in a heartbeat if I could get the same kind of work there as I get here.

Check if there is a Montgomery Ward retail location there.

If I lived in yer holler I’m sure I could afford a nice cabin on a furniture department head’s salary.

But my town’s median resale price was 1.3 last year. It’s even higher now.

You should stick to making fun of my age.

I am making fun of your age with The Montgomery Ward quip

[woohooguy]

It can be done but a logistical nightmare that only billions can solve.

so reading through all of that it sounds to me that the concentration level is the problem. its too diluted. So the solution to that is to evaporate off the water and get a higher and higher concentration of the radioactive waste, right? Assuming you could keep the rain out of it and it just naturally sat there and evaporated, it would take a while, but it would happen. Once you get it down to where the concentration levels are high enough, then you use the reverse osmosis process?

You want to concentrate it but evaporation is a danger, not the solution. You dont want this stuff getting airborne. The salt water pool is used to replenish the pools housing the really bad shit as far as I understand. The issue all the other solids in the water, primarily gypsum, will clog every viable method of filtration to the point its not practical.

[Animal]

It can be done but a logistical nightmare that only billions can solve.

so reading through all of that it sounds to me that the concentration level is the problem. its too diluted. So the solution to that is to evaporate off the water and get a higher and higher concentration of the radioactive waste, right? Assuming you could keep the rain out of it and it just naturally sat there and evaporated, it would take a while, but it would happen. Once you get it down to where the concentration levels are high enough, then you use the reverse osmosis process?

You want to concentrate it but evaporation is a danger, not the solution. You dont want this stuff getting airborne. The salt water pool is used to replenish the pools housing the really bad shit as far as I understand. The issue all the other solids in the water, primarily gypsum, will clog every viable method of filtration to the point its not practical.

evaporation can't be much of a danger. if this shit has been sitting out in the open in Florida for over 20 years. i know water from a swimming pool will evaporate about 1 inch per day in the summer. so, imagine based on the sf of surface area of that pond how much water has evaporated over those 20+ years.

[pork]

Plus it’s so close to Tahoe. I’d move there in a heartbeat if I could get the same kind of work there as I get here.

Check if there is a Montgomery Ward retail location there.

If I lived in yer holler I’m sure I could afford a nice cabin on a furniture department head’s salary.

But my town’s median resale price was 1.3 last year. It’s even higher now.

You should stick to making fun of my age.

can we make fun of both?
not that its bad in either direction i just want to make jokes at someone else's expense.

[CaptQuint]

It's always the republicans that pull the "look at my wealth" bullshit. Like that matters to me.

[Animal]

It's always the republicans that pull the "look at my wealth" bullshit. Like that matters to me.

Honestly. Who doesn't tie a sweater around their neck and reach into their $24,000 refrigerator for a pint of hand crafted mail order ice cream? I know that's how I spent my Covid lockdown.

[CaptQuint]

Nancy doesn't post here

[pork]

shes worth 150 mill

[CaptQuint]

shes worth 150 mill

She still doesn't post here, and I was referring to this site

[pork]

if she did post here id get her to post her tits and everyone would quit the board.

[CaptQuint]

if she did post here id get her to post her tits and everyone would quit the board.

She might have an onlyfans, you don't know till you look

[pork]

i can assure you i wont look.

[Stapes]

I miss galloping my quarter horse through the vineyards.

[Animal]

I miss galloping my quarter horse through the vineyards.

i assume that's slang for you jerking it in your clown suit in the back of your ice cream truck.

[CaptQuint]

I'm gentry to Ernest and Julio Gallo

[Stapes]

I miss galloping my quarter horse through the vineyards.

i assume that's slang for you jerking it in your clown suit in the back of your ice cream truck.

That's a very specific fantasy you have there.

[pork]

I miss galloping my quarter horse through the vineyards.

i assume that's slang for you jerking it in your clown suit in the back of your ice cream truck.

i was thinking the same thing. by it i was thinking the horse though

[disco.moon]

"Galloping my quarter horse"

That's definitely masturbation.

[jsdspif]

I miss galloping my quarter horse through the vineyards.

i assume that's slang for you jerking it in your clown suit in the back of your ice cream truck.

I drove an ice cream truck 3 times,but never jacked it. I did have this black chick that was pretty good looking she showed me her tits for a couple bomb pops so she became a regular customer. The third time though she bought a couple guys out with her that had baseball bats so I took off. That was when I quit. It wasn't the best route,pretty rough part of town,right by the kelogg cereal factory in Battle creek. The first time when it was time to get paid the guy said I owed them $72. He said I must have gave out too much change alot. I told him he was full of shit and he said he'd re-figure it and he came back with $17 for about 12 hours of work,not too bad. The next couple times weren't much better. I talked to a young guy about 20 years later that tried it with the same company and he told the same story,they said he owed them a mess of money and then they paid him $20. I said it's nice to know they've remained consistent over the years. There's another good story (actually more than one) involving that guy. Save those for later.

[Charliesheen]

if she did post here id get her to post her tits and everyone would quit the board.

Speak for yourself. I’ll bet she’s got a decent rack.

[Charliesheen]

I miss galloping my quarter horse through the vineyards.

i assume that's slang for you jerking it in your clown suit in the back of your ice cream truck.

I drove an ice cream truck 3 times,but never jacked it. I did have this black chick that was pretty good looking she showed me her tits for a couple bomb pops so she became a regular customer. The third time though she bought a couple guys out with her that had baseball bats so I took off. That was when I quit. It wasn't the best route,pretty rough part of town,right by the kelogg cereal factory in Battle creek. The first time when it was time to get paid the guy said I owed them $72. He said I must have gave out too much change alot. I told him he was full of shit and he said he'd re-figure it and he came back with $17 for about 12 hours of work,not too bad. The next couple times weren't much better. I talked to a young guy about 20 years later that tried it with the same company and he told the same story,they said he owed them a mess of money and then they paid him $20. I said it's nice to know they've remained consistent over the years. There's another good story (actually more than one) involving that guy. Save those for later.

Didja ever tour the plant? We did 2 years in a row. 2nd and 3rd grade field trips. They gave you a six pack at the end.

[BigRedRetard]

"Galloping my quarter horse"

That's definitely masturbation.