I love the smell of radioactive dirt in the morning...

July 12, 2018, 09:15 AM

4x5

Truck carrying radioactive dirt catches fire, closes westbound I-80 in Tooele County

https://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&s...-80-in-tooele-county

quote:

GRANTSVILLE, Tooele County — A truck carrying radioactive dirt caught fire and forced the closure of westbound I-80 in Tooele County between Lakepoint and Grantsville Thursday morning, according to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Todd Royce.

The road closed about 7:30 a.m. and westbound traffic is now being forced off at state Route 36 in Lakepoint. The KSL Traffic Center urges commuters to take state Route 138 to Grantsville to get back on I-80.

July 12, 2018, 09:21 AM

220-9er

Looks like the cab, not the contents are burning.

July 12, 2018, 09:23 AM

RHINOWSO

Don't let facts get in the way of your outrage.

" The container carrying the dirt is still intact and no radiation was exposed, according to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Todd Royce."

July 12, 2018, 09:25 AM

4x5

quote:
Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Don't let facts get in the way of your outrage.

" The container carrying the dirt is still intact and no radiation was exposed, according to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Todd Royce."

Yeah, but where's the fun in that?

July 12, 2018, 01:14 PM

Georgeair

Wife’s stepfather was in this hauling business. Briefly. They call it dirty-dirt apparently.

After his drunk son tipped a truck off side of a dirt road they suddenly were no longer hauling.

Genius.

July 12, 2018, 02:41 PM

mrvmax

I think they were building that disposal facility toward the end of my time stationed at Hill AFB in the 90’s. I spent a lot of hours out that way at the Utah Test and Training Range.

July 12, 2018, 06:18 PM

feersum dreadnaught

Faculty is was most certainly going to is EnergySolutions Clive.

Reminds me why I use trucks as little as possible for waste transport, just to get it from site to transload facility, which puts it on trains.

I’ll be sending 82,000+ cubic yards of uranium impacted soil over the next few years from MA to either Clive (UT), a site in TX, or one in ID. Truck to train to truck for all of them.

Fun fact - finely divided uranium (powder or fine particles) is pyrophoric. E.G. spontaneous combustion, a Class D fire that is very hot and difficult to extinguish.

July 13, 2018, 05:17 AM

smlsig

quote:
Originally posted by feersum dreadnaught:
Faculty is was most certainly going to is EnergySolutions Clive.

Reminds me why I use trucks as little as possible for waste transport, just to get it from site to transload facility, which puts it on trains.

I’ll be sending 82,000+ cubic yards of uranium impacted soil over the next few years from MA to either Clive (UT), a site in TX, or one in ID. Truck to train to truck for all of them.

Fun fact - finely divided uranium (powder or fine particles) is pyrophoric. E.G. spontaneous combustion, a Class D fire that is very hot and difficult to extinguish.

You and my wife have a lot in common..
Who do you work for if I may ask?

July 13, 2018, 08:12 AM

feersum dreadnaught

quote:
Originally posted by smlsig:
quote:
Originally posted by feersum dreadnaught:
Faculty is was most certainly going to is EnergySolutions Clive.

Reminds me why I use trucks as little as possible for waste transport, just to get it from site to transload facility, which puts it on trains.

I’ll be sending 82,000+ cubic yards of uranium impacted soil over the next few years from MA to either Clive (UT), a site in TX, or one in ID. Truck to train to truck for all of them.

Fun fact - finely divided uranium (powder or fine particles) is pyrophoric. E.G. spontaneous combustion, a Class D fire that is very hot and difficult to extinguish.

You and my wife have a lot in common..
Who do you work for if I may ask?

sent you an e-mail.