still think it's one of the safest alternatives?
Pepe Silvia
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and notice the company didn't hesitate to lie under oath a 9 months prior....yeah, this isn't France or the Ukraine and this ain't the 70's, this is RIGHT NOW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Ya ... itium_leak
Tritium leak
In May 2009, Jay Thayer, the vice-president of operations at Vermont Yankee at the time, told the Vermont Public Service Board under oath that there was no underground piping at Vermont Yankee. [19] In October 2009, Arnie Gundersen, a member of a special oversight panel of nuclear experts convened by the Vermont legislature, confirmed the presence of contaminated underground pipes. An Entergy spokesperson told Vermont Public Radio that the denial of any underground pipes was a "miscommunication." [20]
On January 7, 2010, groundwater wells at the Vermont Yankee site were reported contaminated with tritium, in a probable leak. According to experts, the discovery of tritium at the plant indicated that an underground pipe or tank was leaking somewhere at the plant. However, levels of the isotope were below the maximum amount deemed acceptable for drinking water by the Environmental Protection Agency. [21] By mid-January, however, levels of tritium had continued to rise up to 20,000 picocuries per liter, the federal limit for drinking water. Vermont's congressional delegation said in a joint statement that they wanted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to undertake an investigation into Entergy's lack of disclosure about the potential for radioactive leaks.[22] By late-January, the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Vermont’s congressional delegation that the agency will devote more resources to addressing concerns about Vermont Yankee, and expects to find the source of the tritium leak there within the next several weeks, according to the lawmakers.[23]
On February 4, 2010, Vermont Yankee reported that groundwater samples from a newly dug monitoring well at the reactor were measured at about 775,000 picocuries per liter (more than 37 times the federal safe drinking water limit). On February 5, 2010 samples from an underground vault tested positive for 2.7 million picocuries per liter.[24] The following day, a ground water test measured 2.45 million picocuries per liter. As a comparison, straight reactor water averages 2.9 million picocuries per liter.[25]
The Vermont Department of Health suspects that tritium may be leaking into the Connecticut River. Samples taken from the river have shown "no detectable levels" of tritium, but may be too diluted to be measured. [26]
Security Problems
On February 9, 2010, information came out that security forces at the Vermont Yankee site had allowed uninspected access to the plant by a truck making a one-time delivery. The driver said he had been astounded to be waved into the plant without inspection. He had made regular deliveries to the plant for a different merchant several years earlier, and said that his vehicle had been regularly searched at that time. The fact that he was given access to the grounds in a closed truck without being searched lead the driver to view the incident as a serious lapse of security. VY spokesman Rob Williams told the press there were many layers of security, and that the truck had only got through the first, but the driver pointed out that his truck was large enough to hold twenty armed people.[27]
Vermont Yankee has had security problems in the past. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave it the lowest grade for security of all nuclear plants in the United States in August 2001. Part of the problem citizens have with evaluating this is that information on security issues is intentionally, and publicly, suppressed. A security breach in 2008 was reported to the public, but the nature of the breach was not revealed. This is said to be for security reasons. [28][29]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Ya ... itium_leak
Tritium leak
In May 2009, Jay Thayer, the vice-president of operations at Vermont Yankee at the time, told the Vermont Public Service Board under oath that there was no underground piping at Vermont Yankee. [19] In October 2009, Arnie Gundersen, a member of a special oversight panel of nuclear experts convened by the Vermont legislature, confirmed the presence of contaminated underground pipes. An Entergy spokesperson told Vermont Public Radio that the denial of any underground pipes was a "miscommunication." [20]
On January 7, 2010, groundwater wells at the Vermont Yankee site were reported contaminated with tritium, in a probable leak. According to experts, the discovery of tritium at the plant indicated that an underground pipe or tank was leaking somewhere at the plant. However, levels of the isotope were below the maximum amount deemed acceptable for drinking water by the Environmental Protection Agency. [21] By mid-January, however, levels of tritium had continued to rise up to 20,000 picocuries per liter, the federal limit for drinking water. Vermont's congressional delegation said in a joint statement that they wanted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to undertake an investigation into Entergy's lack of disclosure about the potential for radioactive leaks.[22] By late-January, the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Vermont’s congressional delegation that the agency will devote more resources to addressing concerns about Vermont Yankee, and expects to find the source of the tritium leak there within the next several weeks, according to the lawmakers.[23]
On February 4, 2010, Vermont Yankee reported that groundwater samples from a newly dug monitoring well at the reactor were measured at about 775,000 picocuries per liter (more than 37 times the federal safe drinking water limit). On February 5, 2010 samples from an underground vault tested positive for 2.7 million picocuries per liter.[24] The following day, a ground water test measured 2.45 million picocuries per liter. As a comparison, straight reactor water averages 2.9 million picocuries per liter.[25]
The Vermont Department of Health suspects that tritium may be leaking into the Connecticut River. Samples taken from the river have shown "no detectable levels" of tritium, but may be too diluted to be measured. [26]
Security Problems
On February 9, 2010, information came out that security forces at the Vermont Yankee site had allowed uninspected access to the plant by a truck making a one-time delivery. The driver said he had been astounded to be waved into the plant without inspection. He had made regular deliveries to the plant for a different merchant several years earlier, and said that his vehicle had been regularly searched at that time. The fact that he was given access to the grounds in a closed truck without being searched lead the driver to view the incident as a serious lapse of security. VY spokesman Rob Williams told the press there were many layers of security, and that the truck had only got through the first, but the driver pointed out that his truck was large enough to hold twenty armed people.[27]
Vermont Yankee has had security problems in the past. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave it the lowest grade for security of all nuclear plants in the United States in August 2001. Part of the problem citizens have with evaluating this is that information on security issues is intentionally, and publicly, suppressed. A security breach in 2008 was reported to the public, but the nature of the breach was not revealed. This is said to be for security reasons. [28][29]
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what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
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ummmm...perhaps you should consult a map....Vermont is no where near Israel :?
http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/vermont.jpg
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
are they anti-israeli threads or anti-human rights abuses and anti-war crimes threads? no one called me out on it, someone cried when they were proven wrong and the majority of people agreed with me that making a ribbon commemorating a terrorist organization who targeted civilians thanking them for the creation of the country was wrong.
the no nuke thread didn't contain this in the original post and most of what i put in here dropped without a reply. 2 of you were arguing how nuclear power is ever so safe and it doesn't matter the problems France or the Ukraine had, those things don't happen here and how things aren't as dangerous as the 70's....pretty adamant, actually, and then i post something from THIS YEAR in THIS COUNTRY and neither of you had very much to say about it.
don't worry, the tens of billions in corporate welfare your industry relies on is still safe.
now, do you have anything to add about the actual topic of this thread or do ya just wanna talk about me?
what are your thoughts on the nuclear company lying under oath about the pipes and contaminating the ground water with water just about as toxic as in an actual reactor?
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
back to the actual topic of this thread: how many weeks does it take a nuclear power plant to discover where a leak is coming from!?
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'