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Terminal Atomic: Technogromorphological Mounds
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Chapter of: Making the Geologic Now: Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life(pp. 238–242)
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| Title | Terminal Atomic |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Technogromorphological Mounds |
| Contributor | Center for Land Use Interpretation (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0014.1.41 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/making-the-geologic-now/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Copyright | Center for Land Use Interpretation |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2012-12-04 |
| Long abstract | Though the underground nuclear catacombs for America’s spent nuclear fuel are yet to be created, radioactive tombs of America’s various nuclear programs already exist today, with more to come. Most are repositories for the remains of uranium mills, processing facilities, weapons plants, and contaminated tailings, bulldozed into engineered isolation mounds designed to limit contact with their surroundings for hundreds of years. There are dozens of these mounds, across the country from Pennsylvania to Arizona, built mostly by the Depart-ment of Energy, and maintained by their Legacy Management office.These disposal mounds are generally low, rectilinear piles with flat, sloping tops – terrestrial umbrellas, keeping moisture out of the pile as much as possible. In arid environments, the outer layer is a coating of coarse riprap rock, a dead space where nothing grows, where no soil forms, and no roots take hold that could pierce the radioactive core. This tough skin allows occasional rains to pass through it to the next layer, a low-permeability clayey mixture a few feet thick. Water drains off to the side of the pile through channels at the base held in place with more layers of crushed stone. |
| Page range | pp. 238–242 |
| Print length | 5 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |