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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Electrolysis can solve one of our biggest contamination problems

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/11/electrolysis-can-solve-one-of-our-biggest-contamination-problems.html

#HackerNews #Electrolysis #Contamination #Environment #Technology #Solutions #CleanWater

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Electrolysis can solve one of our biggest contamination problems

ETH Zurich researchers have developed a process that can be used on site to render environmental toxins such as DDT and lindane harmless and convert them into valuable chemicals – a breakthrough for the remediation of contaminated sites and a sustainable circular economy. 
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@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

'It will poison everything.' #NativeAmericans protest #YuccaMountain #Nuclear Waste site

by Ed Komenda, May 22, 2019

"“Those transportation routes go through any number of sensitive habitats where a #derailment or a truck accident could cause significant impacts on water or on wildlife that live along those transportation corridors,' Donnelly [Nevada state director for the Center for Biological Diversity] said.

"The office of #Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford identified the complexity of waste transport as one of many reasons storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain does little to protect the #environment and people. Other concerns include national security (waste shipments as terrorist targets) and geology (Yucca's aquifer drains to the #AmargosaValley – home to more than 1,400 people and several #endangered species). [And is seismically unstable]

"' #Contamination from Yucca Mountain could very easily contaminate the #aquifer,' Donnelly said, 'and thus contaminate all sorts of springs that harbor some kind of endemic life.'"

#NoNukes #WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalRacism

https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/05/22/yucca-mountain-nuclear-waste-nevada-test-site/3694806002/

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

This seems to be a reliable source, maybe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo_(Indonesian_magazine)

Tempo (Indonesian magazine) - Wikipedia

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The "plant sunflowers" comment does not give one much faith in this operation, LOL.

"Hey, we're being careful because we're afraid this might go airborne... but we can plant sunflowers!" 😬

#radiation #contamination #indonesia

In overseeing the handling of radioactive Cs-137, Hanif was accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Environment, task force members from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten), researchers from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), as well as representatives from the Radioactive Nuclear Biological Chemical Unit (KBRN). Members of Gegana from the Indonesian Police Mobile Brigade Corps were also involved in ensuring tight security procedures, so that the radiation does not spread through the air (airborne).

The radioactive Cs-137 contamination is being transported in covered trucks lined with lead (Pb) metal. The task force is also implementing decontamination in five other locations suspected of being contaminated with Cs-137.

For environmental recovery at the contamination source locations, Hanif admitted to considering the experts' advice to plant sunflowers. "This plant is known to have vegetative capabilities in reducing and absorbing potential radiation," he said.

Zaki Suud, a professor of nuclear science at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), said the radiation possibly originated from users of chemical substances who did not follow proper waste handling procedures. There are also suspicions regarding foreign entities dumping nuclear waste in Indonesian territory.
In overseeing the handling of radioactive Cs-137, Hanif was accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Environment, task force members from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten), researchers from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), as well as representatives from the Radioactive Nuclear Biological Chemical Unit (KBRN). Members of Gegana from the Indonesian Police Mobile Brigade Corps were also involved in ensuring tight security procedures, so that the radiation does not spread through the air (airborne). The radioactive Cs-137 contamination is being transported in covered trucks lined with lead (Pb) metal. The task force is also implementing decontamination in five other locations suspected of being contaminated with Cs-137. For environmental recovery at the contamination source locations, Hanif admitted to considering the experts' advice to plant sunflowers. "This plant is known to have vegetative capabilities in reducing and absorbing potential radiation," he said. Zaki Suud, a professor of nuclear science at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), said the radiation possibly originated from users of chemical substances who did not follow proper waste handling procedures. There are also suspicions regarding foreign entities dumping nuclear waste in Indonesian territory.
In overseeing the handling of radioactive Cs-137, Hanif was accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Environment, task force members from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten), researchers from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), as well as representatives from the Radioactive Nuclear Biological Chemical Unit (KBRN). Members of Gegana from the Indonesian Police Mobile Brigade Corps were also involved in ensuring tight security procedures, so that the radiation does not spread through the air (airborne). The radioactive Cs-137 contamination is being transported in covered trucks lined with lead (Pb) metal. The task force is also implementing decontamination in five other locations suspected of being contaminated with Cs-137. For environmental recovery at the contamination source locations, Hanif admitted to considering the experts' advice to plant sunflowers. "This plant is known to have vegetative capabilities in reducing and absorbing potential radiation," he said. Zaki Suud, a professor of nuclear science at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), said the radiation possibly originated from users of chemical substances who did not follow proper waste handling procedures. There are also suspicions regarding foreign entities dumping nuclear waste in Indonesian territory.
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