SAVE PARTS OF K-25 FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Knoxville News Sentinel, thanks for your recent articles concerning the historical significance of the Manhattan Project K-25 buildings to future generations. K-25 has already created available material worth over $70 trillion in electricity value. That material, a by-product of past K-25 operations, is depleted Uranium Hexafloride (DUF6) and is presently stored by DOE. Yes, its worth is over $70 trillion. This by-product can be used as fuel to supply future generations with all the US electrical energy needs for over 700 years.

To date I have not seen anything indicating that DOE recognizes the value ($70 trillion) of this by-product to future generations. Yes DOE is planning on disposing of this K-25 ($70 trillion) by-product, without an indication that it will be recoverable, much less that it can be used by future generations in fueling US electrical energy needs for 700 years.

The historical value of the K-25 buildings pales in relation to the value of the K-25 available by-product, DUF6, to future generations.

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