Anonymous Coward User ID: 1458312 United States 07/07/2011 10:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday — Public not told because radioactivity was “compared to what someone might receive getting an x-ray”[...] The reactor is housed in the Burlington Nuclear Engineering Laboratory. The building is located at 2500 Katharine Stinson Drive. [...] NC State said the leak was suspected on Friday and confirmed on Saturday. It said the public was not informed sooner because of the low level of danger. The amount of radioactivity was compared to what someone might receive getting an x-ray. The school says the leak is so small that special equipment is required to detect its location in the reactor’s lining. The company that can do that will not be in Raleigh until next week. In the meantime, the leak is being closely monitored. The reactor has been shut down since the leak was discovered. [ link to abclocal.go.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1458312 United States 07/07/2011 10:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1458312 United States 07/07/2011 10:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday Minor water leak reported at NC State's nuclear reactorNorth Carolina State University officials said Thursday that there is a low-level water leak in the liner that surrounds the campus nuclear reactor, but that it poses no danger to the public. University spokesman Keith Nichols described the leak, discovered Saturday, as the size of a pinhead and that it was leaking about 10 gallons per hour from the 15,000-gallon tank. [...] Nichols said it would be considered a public threat if the reactor were leaking at 350 gallons per hour. The university is in the process of repairing the leak [...] [ link to www.wral.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1423993 Canada 07/07/2011 10:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday Interesting. Add another one to the growing list of malfunctioning power plants. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1458312 United States 07/07/2011 11:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday Interesting. Add another one to the growing list of malfunctioning power plants.
Quoting: Samarkande |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1458312 United States 07/08/2011 01:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1437659 United States 07/08/2011 01:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday Isn't it obvious the government is doing this? This is genocide. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1251961 United States 07/08/2011 03:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1407135 United States 07/08/2011 03:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday Isn't it obvious the government is doing this? This is genocide.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1437659 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1437659 United States 07/08/2011 03:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday No! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1458057 Canada 07/08/2011 03:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday The earth is changing and the nuke plants suck. Add those together and you get this ridiculous list that grows by the day.
BTW there was a problem with one in Russia today too. Kid you not. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1342056 United States 07/08/2011 04:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday Interesting. Add another one to the growing list of malfunctioning power plants.
Quoting: Samarkandebumb |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1459674 United States 07/08/2011 09:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nuclear reactor on North Carolina college campus leaking radiation since last Friday
The earth is changing and the nuke plants suck. Add those together and you get this ridiculous list that grows by the day.
BTW there was a problem with one in Russia today too. Kid you not.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1458057 |