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ALERT...RSOE: TRITIUM LEAKING from PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT In Ohio.....RIGHT NEXT TO LAKE ERIE
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[ link to hisz.rsoe.hu] The Perry nuclear power plant is leaking tritium, a radioactive form of water with a half-life of more than 12 years. The radioactive water has been found in groundwater at concentrations more than twice the federal drinking water limit outside of a building where the leak was discovered Monday. No other, more dangerous radioactive isotopes were found. Plant owner FirstEnergy said the tritium has not made its way into the plant's larger under-drain system designed to collect groundwater from under the entire site. Nor has the isotope been found in other groundwater test sites on the property or into nearby Lake Erie. "It was found in one sample area next to the building. I know of at least five other areas that have been sampled and there have been no indications of tritium beyond that one," said Jennifer Young, FirstEnergy nuclear spokeswoman. "We are doing additional sampling today. Any groundwate More at link Quoting: Uncle Fuck Stick
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