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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Tuttles Almanac" |
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06 Mar 2006 09:09:42 AM |
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US Nuclear Plants Leaking |
US nuclear plant leaks fuel local health concerns
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1691614
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Years of radioactive waste water
spills from Illinois nuclear power plants have fueled
suspicions the industry covers up safety problems and
sparked debate about the risks from exposure to low-level
radiation.
"How'd you like to live next to that plant and every time
you turn on the tap to take a drink you have to think
about whether it's safe?" asked Joe Cosgrove, the head
of parks in Godley, Illinois, a town adjacent to Braidwood.
The spilled tritium was destined to be discharged as effluent
in rivers anyway, authorities said, and they were not explicitly
required to notify the public about it - a reporting loophole
Illinois congressmen want closed.
"It's not like people are going to start dropping like flies
from this level of radiation," said Arjun Makhijani of the
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
"What I am alarmed by is the number of years it has taken,
and how lax the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been,
and how lax the corporation has been in informing the
community fully" about the spills, he said.
APS nuclear plant's water leak studied
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/118639
PHOENIX — Operators of the nation's largest nuclear power
plant are conducting tests to make sure radioactive water
discovered near the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
hasn't seeped into the area's ground water supply.
Arizona Public Service Co. notified the Department of
Environmental Quality and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
of its discovery on Thursday. Now, the Phoenix-based utility
will work with state and federal officials to pinpoint the
source of the contaminated water and determine how far it has spread.
The radioactive water was found by work crews this week
near a maze of underground pipes at Palo Verde.
Initial tests confirmed that the tritium-laced water
contains more than three times the acceptable amount of tritium.
However, state officials say there's no immediate evidence
that the tritium poses any public-health concerns.
More radioactivity detected in Indian Point water
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060228/NEWS09/602280361/1025
BUCHANAN — Federal nuclear regulators plan to inspect new
samples of underground water at Indian Point today after the
nuclear plants' owner said that tiny amounts of radioactive tritium
and strontium-90 appear to be seeping into the Hudson River.
Both radioactive isotopes are byproducts of nuclear reactor
operations, but federal regulators and local emergency officials say
there is no threat to public safety now because the levels detected
were near or below amounts allowed for safe drinking water.
Company officials said the leak never reached more than
2 liters a day, was quickly contained and has since stopped.
They have not, however, ruled out that the pool has other
leaks or the possibility that the water moving underground
now might have been trapped more than a decade ago during
an earlier leak.
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The tritium toxicity program in the Medical Department at
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3868324&dopt=Abstract
As predicted on the basis of established principles of radiobiology,
exposure to tritium beta rays from HTO [tritiated water] ingestion
results in measurable effects on several animal systems.
References for Chronic Low Level Tritium Exposure
http://www.mindfully.org/Resource/Tritium-Exposure.htm
There does seem to be evidence that ionizing radiation
can alter brain cell proliferation during critical windows of development.
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demanding draconian restrictions to avert global warming.
In fact, there is no consensus among climatologists that uncontrolled,
human-induced warming threatens the planet...
The burden of proof falls on those demanding the power to
levy new taxes and impose new regulations. Unless such
evidence appears, Americans should reject the Chicken Littles
who cry that the sky is falling."
- The Cato Institute, Conservative "Wink Tank"
http://www.cato.org/dailys/10-30-97.html
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| User: "grinder" |
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| Title: As a rule they do not leak water. |
06 Mar 2006 09:53:13 AM |
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I have no idea where the water would come from. The water that is
radioactive is in a closed system. It's like having an inground pool. It
is a correctable problem if water is indeed leaking.
Consider there are over 100 nuclear power plants in this country that have
been operating for 20 years or better. That's 2000 man years of operation
and they have found the radioactive water at 2 locations?
I wouldn't worry about it. The NRC shuts down plants at the slightest
indication there is a problem. If there is a problem the NRC will issue a
bulletin and shut down the plants until the problem is corrected.
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| User: "Amy Likes Pot!" |
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| Title: Re: As a rule they do not leak water. |
06 Mar 2006 10:09:53 AM |
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"grinder" <seagle@earthlink.invalid> wrote:
I have no idea where the water would come from. The water that is
radioactive is in a closed system. It's like having an inground pool.
It is a correctable problem if water is indeed leaking.
There are two water systems in a nuclear power plant: the water that
circulates through the reactor (that is a closed system) and the water that
cools the water in the closed system (that is the water that evaporates out
of those ugly towers you always see at nuclear power plants). It may not
be the radioactive water that is leaking, but the radioactivity that is
leaking into the cooling water. That water then becomes radioactive.
Consider there are over 100 nuclear power plants in this country that
have been operating for 20 years or better. That's 2000 man years of
operation and they have found the radioactive water at 2 locations?
That is still 2 too many!
I wouldn't worry about it. The NRC shuts down plants at the slightest
indication there is a problem. If there is a problem the NRC will issue
a bulletin and shut down the plants until the problem is corrected.
YOu would actually trust this administration??? The same one that has
increased the leaves of polution and lead in our water? Don't bury your
head in the ground (the ground water is probably poluted!)
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