blog post 5

book
The Ecology of War
author
Susan D. Lanier-Graham
pages used
103-105

• The US's nuclear arsenal was created following WW2
• Through the length of the cold war the US began the creation of nuclear warheads at a rapid rate as the SU tried to catch up
• Due to the creation of nuclear warheads their was many cases of radiation leak
• The radiation leaks were so bad that it was estimated to take up to 63 billion dollars to correct the problem and and to bring them up to regulations it could take 100 billion
• Another problematic by product of the creation of nuclear warheads is nuclear waste
• A temporary solution was thought up and that was to but high level solution into tanks but due to wartime shortages a less reliable material was used opposed to what was planned Which didn't last as long as scientists would have hoped
• Due to that low level nuclear waste was merely put in landfills which in turn caused wide spread nuclear contamination even if it was only a small amount of radiation

The author informs you of the waste caused by the by products of nuclear warheads.