"The vast bulk of military expenditures today have nothing to do with keeping us safe. And the advocates for war are a small minority – politicians, militarists, weapons makers, oil companies, and relatively small fanatical groups like al Qaeda."
Why Military Spending Is More Than You Think It Is
From the Hanford Site in Washington state to Indian Point in New York, the disastrous conditions at America's nuclear facilities has been raising concerns over the last year. RT America takes a close look at the state of US's nukes.
LaForge: DOE scientists have admitted that waste canisters will corrode away long before the radiation hazards do so. Much of the 70,000 tons of waste slated for a dump “remains radioactive for millions of years” (New York Times, Jan. 17, 1989) and “would be hazardous for millions of years” (NYT, Feb.12, 1989).
