Talk:CHYDARU

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The article currently contains the statements Later in 1975, it was repurposed to store radioactive waste. It is inspected annually by the government to monitor the waste. They are placed at the end of the lead section, and supported by a citation to Briggs, Dennie (2000). "IN PRISON: Transitional Therapeutic Communities" (PDF). Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre. Retrieved February 2, 2016. but that documnt does not mention radioactive waste at all, nor anything as late as 1975. The statements may be true, but that source does not support them, and another is needed if they are to remain in the article.

In this edit 4qu4248485 removed these statements, but that removal was reverted by Materialscientist in this edit with no explanation or discussion. Is there a source to support these statements, or any reason to think they are correct? I hereby challenge those statements. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:06, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

I see that Tony Tan also reverted edits by 4qu4248485 without explanation. as per WP:BRD the time has come to discuss these edits and reversions. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:09, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello DESiegel and 4qu4248485. First, I'd like to address why I reverted 4qu4248485's edits. I was patrolling recent changes for vandalism, and came across 4qu4248485's continuous series of 5 edits to this article seemingly removing sourced information and multiple citations. At the time, 4qu4248485's account was less than one day old, the username seemed like a random string, and the account made no contributions to any other articles. Hence, I reverted these changes. In hindsight, I should have assumed good faith, and for that, I am sorry.

However, 4qu4248485's removal of dead links (1, 2, 3) is still inconsistent with WP:DEADREF, which states: "Do not delete a citation merely because the URL is not working" and to "Remove hopelessly lost web-only sources" only when "the source material does not exist offline, and if there is no archived version of the web page (be sure to wait ~24 months), and if you cannot find another copy of the material." The removed links were tagged as dead in October 2019, and it has not been close to 24 months since October 2019, so they should not be removed as 4qu4248485 had done.

With respect to the statements Later in 1975, it was repurposed to store radioactive waste. It is inspected annually by the government to monitor the waste., I did some quick research and found this source: [1] Page 13 of the PDF file discusses CHYDARU, and states that "Today, this site is used exclusively as a radioactive storage -for- decay facility. There is no radioactive or hazardous waste buried at this site. The University transfers short-lived radioactive wastes from their points of generation on campus to Chydaru for storage until the wastes are no longer radioactive. All campus facilities, including Chydaru, that receive, possess, use, handle or store radioactive materials and wastes are approved and regulated by the North Carolina Division of Radiation Protection and the UNC-CH Radiation Safety Committee. Radioactive materials are stored at Chydaru for a duration of ten half-lives or longer (a period ranging from 30 days to 4.5 years), before being repackaged as medical wastes (no longer considered radioactive) and shipped to an off-site medical waste incinerator. This facility is routinely inspected and monitored by the University Health and Safety Office and is inspected at least annually by the state regulatory agency." This source is a UNC memo dated September 11, 1995.

I am going to add this source to the article, but I will leave the [failed verification] tag for now pending further discussion. Thanks, Tony Tan · talk 07:26, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Pit Canaries

What was the purpose of the Aviary, and is it still in use there ? Seems peculiar to cage birds in arguably a danger zone --- with the added fact that people would need to enter the zone every day to look after them.

Claverhouse (talk) 21:56, 5 June 2022 (UTC)