These are the ambitious plans that the United States has for the places where it kept nuclear bombs

It seems that the ghosts of nuclear war are moving away, in favor of a future in accordance with the needs of the planet.

Aerial image of one of the old nuclear weapons warehouses that will be converted.

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When the first atomic explosion took place, a new era opened before humanity. We know the differences between an atomic bomb and a nuclear bomb and we have already told you about the nuclear shelters that exist in Spain. Now, we will tell you how the United States wants to end ancient nuclear warehouses and give them a new utility.

From nuclear bombs to clean energy: this could be the transition of these ‘radioactive places’

The information has come to us through the Reuters news agency and it states that the US Department of Energy has in mind finish once and for all of places in which they were kept nuclear weapons around the country, to later transform them into spaces that are capable of hosting facilities for the generation of clean energy.

A Cold War-era atomic bomb site could be used to host the largest US solar power site and other clean energy projects, the Department of Energy said. ‘These sites are all safe now,’ the US energy secretary said https://t.co/XDgumR3YUp

Reuters (@Reuters) July 28, 2023

These places have always been owned by said department, but until now it had not been possible to extract all their usefulness. It seems that in the not too distant future, the american government could have at your disposal 283 square kilometersspread over five states, in order to convert them into Projects that promote the green energy in their territories, among which stand out solar, wind or nuclear power plants. jennifer granholmUnited States Secretary of Energy, it states that:

These places are all safe now, squeaky clean and ready for redevelopment.

He plan that the North American country wants to carry out has been called ‘Cleaning for Clean Energy’ and seeks to be one more tool to meet the objectives that have been set by the Joe Biden administration. These, in general lines, look for the nation be supplied by clean energy from the year 2035.

Many of the places that have been identified as potential candidates for these new power plants, among which are the Idaho National Laboratory, the Nevada Nuclear Security Site or the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, have already been decontaminated, because in addition to being the place where nuclear weapons were stored, they were also areas where uranium and plutonium were produced for them. For now, no further details or timeframes marked, but initiatives of this type make us believe a little more in a world aware of the need to take care of its environment.

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