US nuclear plant admits to radioactive leak

[YoursTruly]

"Everything is fine, folks. Move along. Nothing to see here. It was only 100's of thousands of gallons of radioactive water seeping into the ground. Go focus on that trail derailment."

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US nuclear plant admits to radioactive leak​

A Minnesota facility disclosed a tritium water spill after applying for a license extension
The authorities in the northern US state of Minnesota revealed on Thursday that a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis had suffered a radioactive water spill amounting to over 1.5 million liters. Xcel Energy, which owns the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, is working to clean up the spill and insists there is no danger to the general public.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said that around 400,000 gallons of tritiated water leaked from a broken pipe at the facility. The leak was first discovered on November 22, and its source was found on December 19 and patched “soon after.”

 

[1srelluc]

When it comes to nuke stuff "patched" does not exude a lot of confidence.

 

[pknopp]

I worked in a chemical plant. It's funny how when there is a leak there is always a press release noting how nothing escaped from the plant even though we could watch it float down river.

 

[YoursTruly]

I worked in a chemical plant. It's funny how when there is a leak there is always a press release noting how nothing escaped from the plant even though we could watch it float down river.

From the picture of that plant, there's no way that 400,000 gallons of that water was contained.

 

[martybegan]

"Everything is fine, folks. Move along. Nothing to see here. It was only 100's of thousands of gallons of radioactive water seeping into the ground. Go focus on that trail derailment."

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US nuclear plant admits to radioactive leak​

A Minnesota facility disclosed a tritium water spill after applying for a license extension
The authorities in the northern US state of Minnesota revealed on Thursday that a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis had suffered a radioactive water spill amounting to over 1.5 million liters. Xcel Energy, which owns the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, is working to clean up the spill and insists there is no danger to the general public.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said that around 400,000 gallons of tritiated water leaked from a broken pipe at the facility. The leak was first discovered on November 22, and its source was found on December 19 and patched “soon after.”

Unless you drink it over a long period, Tritium decay is weak beta decay. External exposure doesn't even penetrate the outer dead layer of your skin.

 

[mudwhistle]

"Everything is fine, folks. Move along. Nothing to see here. It was only 100's of thousands of gallons of radioactive water seeping into the ground. Go focus on that trail derailment."

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US nuclear plant admits to radioactive leak​

A Minnesota facility disclosed a tritium water spill after applying for a license extension
The authorities in the northern US state of Minnesota revealed on Thursday that a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis had suffered a radioactive water spill amounting to over 1.5 million liters. Xcel Energy, which owns the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, is working to clean up the spill and insists there is no danger to the general public.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said that around 400,000 gallons of tritiated water leaked from a broken pipe at the facility. The leak was first discovered on November 22, and its source was found on December 19 and patched “soon after.”

Let's switch everything over to battery power then.

Not much chance of Lithium poisoning.

 

[YoursTruly]

Unless you drink it over a long period, Tritium decay is weak beta decay. External exposure doesn't even penetrate the outer dead layer of your skin.

IF that's all that leaked.

 

[martybegan]

IF that's all that leaked.

It's pretty easy to tell that via analysis, and the water loop in question is only a tritium source.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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Well, hell! I can't think of too many cities that more richly deserve a good radioactive leak.

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[jwoodie]

OMG another Three Mile Island??

 

[YoursTruly]

It's pretty easy to tell that via analysis, and the water loop in question is only a tritium source.

My point is, they could've lied about what was actually leaked.