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[Tegyrius]

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

Would you *need* to decon coal when the Army has been incinerating it as a means of disposal for decades?

There's a difference between the Army's disposal processes (timed, controlled, and monitored incineration with decontamination of solid waste products and exhaust filtering of gases and particulates) and just throwing contaminated material into a steam locomotive and hoping for the best.

(I'm aware of the incineration process as historical fact but it was before my time in the program. The disposal process at Pueblo and Blue Grass began with the detonation chambers I mentioned in my preceding post, which operated at around 1100ºF. After the bursting charge deflagrated, the resulting gases were subject to both chemical treatment and filtration, while the metal scrap underwent separate chemical decontamination. That process was adopted because of the aforementioned solidification in those stockpiles' older projectiles.)

Unless you're worried about poisoning coal workers...

Well, if you don't have a limitless supply of coerced labor, you're going to run out of coal workers sooner or later...

- C.