Wow!  Did I Screw Up!

I’m sure glad there are people like Kat Shaddix out there watching out for Hanford information screw ups like me!  I recently wrote this blog post about nuclear reactors being stored at Hanford, turns out I was WRONG.  They aren’t reactors at all but reactor compartments!  I’m sorry if I misinformed anyone but I got this watchdog note from Kat Shaddix and tried to correct the post.  Hopefully it is now more accurate!

Thanks Kat!

Original comment as received from Kat:

PLEASE PLEASE do your research and stop printing incorrect information
that does nothing but promote another of Hanford’s myths. There aer NO
reactors in those containers. Those are naval reactor COMPARTMENTS
from decmomisionned US Naval vessels. They are simply the reactor
containments which are also contained inside the shipping container.
The reactors themselves are disposed of elsewhere. I was so excited
when I came across your site and then I read some back articles. If
you are so inaccurate and drama filled regarding a simple storage
activity, what else are you feeding your readers who I am sure trurst
you to tell them the truth. The reactor containametn compartment
transports have never been secret . They have been going on for years
and years. I have taken my kids and my grandkids down to watch the off
loading and the initial start of their final journey. The crane is
wonderful and and the trailers are amazing tools that are unique to
moving the compartments out to the trench. Very fun to watch, but you
are not watching a REACTOR get transported. There is also a memorial
to the first submarine to circumnavigate the globe underwater just
yards away from where they park the transport trailers. Are you going
to tell all your loyal readers that there is a nuclear reactor buried
in the ground there under the conning tower? It is basically the same
thought process.
Please do your research and be more accurate when you ‘educate’ your
readers.
Regards,
Kat Shaddix