oops..nuclear plant dumps Tritium, a cancer causing radionuclide into Mississippi River (Limbaugh, how much)
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But the EPA said don't worry..it will become diluted.
And we all know where the Mississippi empties into don't we ?
Why have limits at all seeing that anything that gets dumped, accidently or not, gets dismissed by the EPA and never becomes a hazard.
Then again..what could they possibly do even if it's a hazard..close off the Mississippi River ?
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Investigates Radioactive Water Dump into Flooded Mississippi River | Huntington News
"Although Tritum has been called one of the least dangerous radionuclides, the beta radioactive substancebombards cells and damages DNA when inhaled or swallowed, and can persist in the body for more than ten years upon exposure. Its perpetual effect on cells can lead to all sorts of serious diseases, including, but not limited to, gene mutations, birth defects, and cancer."
Thanks for that catch..I fixed the thread title but left the misspelling in the article. So much for spellcheck and understanding what you are writing about. Journalists these days.....
Last edited by HappyTexan; 05-09-2011 at 10:06 AM..
But the EPA said don't worry..it will become diluted. And we all know where the Mississippi empties into don't we ?
Why have limits at all seeing that anything that gets dumped, accidently or not, gets dismissed by the EPA and never becomes a hazard...
OMG, the big government is getting in the way. Tritium is a greater hazard since EPA said something about it. If EPA didn't exist, all would have been fine.
A less sensationalist version would have been... a nuclear power plant accidently releases tritium into the river. The EPA studies the sample and concludes that the proportion is not something to worry about.
And that worry (or not) requires setting limits and measuring against it.
OMG, the big government is getting in the way. Tritium is a greater hazard since EPA said something about it. If EPA didn't exist, all would have been fine.
A less sensationalist version would have been... a nuclear power plant accidently releases tritium into the river. The EPA studies the sample and concludes that the proportion is not something to worry about.
And that worry (or not) requires setting limits and measuring against it.
No it's not fine. It's that the EPA said it was fine so you sheep can just continue living your BAU life.
They don't know how much got released. Alarms went off AFTER it was dumped.
It was an abandoned unit and they were just releasing "rain water".
No it's not fine. It's that the EPA said it was fine so you sheep can just continue living your BAU life.
They don't know how much got released. Alarms went off AFTER it was dumped. It was an abandoned unit and they were just releasing "rain water".
Guess you didn't read the article ?
You must be proud for having created the opportunity to use "so you sheep" in a sentence. Where is Limbaugh when you could use his direction? At least you're not blaming EPA for being responsible for the leak (yet).
Not knowing the exact amount of tritium released is inconsequential on a broader sense. There is no need to be an alarmist at this point, certainly not to those who're aware of how much tritium may be used/found at a typical reactor. Do you know better?
For that matter, what did you want EPA to do right after the company that owns the facility filed a report?
Typical behavior by Entergy. They've been scrambling to fix the tritium leaks here in Vermont, where it was leaking from pipes that just a few months earlier they claimed didn't even exist.
In my view the most important fact isn't the tritium, it's Entergy's insouciant attitude toward safety and reliability practices in genera (http://http://greenmountaindaily.com/search.do - broken link)l. If they lied (or didn't know) about the pipes at Vermont Yankee, what else are they lying about or ignorant of?
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