Happy Blog Action Day to all the nuclear bunnies
In Washington State, a black US government hired helicopter flies 50 feet above the desert scrub searching for... radioactive rabbit dung.
Somehow, unfortunate rabbits managed to get into the Hanford nuclear site (which made made bomb grade stuff for the US nuclear weapons program). They snacked, became contaminated, snuck back out and "spread the wealth" in the form of contaminated poo.
Now, a helicopter with detection equipment is mapping out the locations of these droppings, so removal teams can go in and "clean" them up. (How's that for a sucky job?)
But don't worry. The $300,000 helicopter operation is apparently an extremely good deal. Really, a bargain. And the mistakes that led to this were all made long long ago. Well, that's what the newspapers tell me anyway.
I'm sure nothing like this could ever happen again. Certainly not with sea gulls.
(Thanks to Nuclear Reaction for the tip and lovely rabbit story.)
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