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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
So let's say I'm one of those people that doesn't know anything about how these things are done. What exactly does environmental remediation of this area mean? How do they do it?
Do they dig up all the contaminated soil and cart it off? Do they somehow "seal off" the contamination?
This latest news has it (rightly or wrongly) taking up to a decade and costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Why would it take so long and cost so much? It's not Three Mile Island on the Bow.
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You should go read the one report in the links provided. They did a pretty good job of explaining the options. Some include just that, trucking it away. Some involve solidifying the contaminants in place. Some involve treatin digging up the soil, treating it and replacing it.