#columbiariver — Public Fediverse posts

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.. U.S. produced plutonium for Cold War nuclear weapons in Washington. Decades later, 56 million gallons of highly radioactive waste remain
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".. debate ..how much waste should receive that highest level of protection .. ongoing for years. .. potential long-term risks to groundwater and .. Columbia River."

https://en.as.com/latest_news/the-us-produced-plutonium-for-cold-war-nuclear-weapons-in-washington-decades-later-56-million-gallons-of-highly-radioactive-waste-remain-f202608-n/

5.8.2026

#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #Hanford #HanfordSite #Kernenergie #NuclearWaste #Pollution #Plutonium #PU #RadioactiveWaste #TankFarm #USA #Water

#digitalphotography #sunset #redsky #horizon #clouds #telephonepoles #powerlines #trees #marinedrive #portland #highway14 #july #dusk #columbiariver #diptych #nogenerativeai

Two Sides of Dusk

#silentsunday #afternoondrive #lastcall #digitalphotography #seagull #sky #naturephotography #mthood #columbiariver #marinedrive #portland #clouds #205bridge #governmentisland #trees #june2026 #driving #pnwviews #ilivehere #nogenerativeai

Mt. Hood on a Sunday Afternoon in June

Water Velocity And Discharge From Tidal Freshwater Creeks In Forested And Herbaceous Wetlands
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-026-01690-w <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #tide #tidal #ecosystem #wildlife #fish #fisheries #nursery #nutrients #trophicenergy #discharge #ColumbiaRiver #Oregon #Washington #USA #fluvial #tidalfreshwater #TFW #habitat #restoration #flowregime # herbaceous #forested #wetland #marsh #aquatic #sediment #sedimentation #estuary #inundation #monitoring #measurement #velocity #discharge #volume #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #river #riverine #hydraulic #pluvial #precipitation #upstream #subtidal #wavelet #tidalcreek #AcousticDopplerCurrentProfiler #instrumentation #elevation #spatial #mapping

#SilentSunday #digitalphotography #photomanipulation #multipleexposures #portland #marinedrive #columbiariver #governmentisland #surreal #nogenerativeai

Ghosts of Government Island

Graphic showing the leaking of the high-level radioactive waste at the Hanford Tank Farms, and the depth of the leakage. An underground plume of the liquid waste has been transporting towards the Columbia River.

This is the same technology as “recycling" nuclear waste from reactors.

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#Hanford #ColumbiaRiver #WA #nuclear #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #TankFarm #MED #ColdWar

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1827:
"Foggy morning but fine day. Started at half past 4 am. Paddled thro' the 1st Lake (about 2/3 of it) down the River and encamped a little way in the 2nd Lake at 5 pm. #ArrowLake Gummed one of the boats. Saw Indians.
"14th. Had a shower of rain but day generally fine. Embarked 2 am. Proceed thro' the 2nd Lake and re-entered the #ColumbiaRiver about 2 pm. Encamped some distance below McGillivray's [Kootenay] River. #Castlegar #Trail #BCHistory #AmWritingHistory