Radioactive Rabbit Poop Part Of Hanford Nuclear Reservation Cleanup (VIDEO)

Check out Rachel Maddow's segment below for more information on this operation, and the radioactive rabbits:




First Posted: 10-19-09 09:01 AM Updated: 10-19-09 10:40 AM

The Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state produced most of the plutonium our nation used during the atomic bomb through the 1980s. This production also led to massive amounts of toxic waste.

The area is the focus of the largest environmental cleanup operation in the country right now, and that includes scrubbing all the rabbit feces because it is radioactive.

Jackrabbits have taken quite a liking to the nuclear sludge, which contains a radioactive salt that they can't get enough of. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: jackrabbits routinely burrowed into those sites. They found the salt, liked it, and licked it. Then, they pooped it, leaving slightly radioactive scat all over the ground.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/19/radioactive-rabbit-poop-p_n_325716.html