New York radiation leak

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A 65,000 percent increase in groundwater radioactivity has been detected at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in New York after radioactive tritium leaked into the ground.
The levels of radioactivity reported this week are significantly higher than in past incidents.  Three of forty groundwater monitoring wells registered alarming increases in radiation contaminating local ground water.  In fact, one of the monitoring wells increased nearly 65,000 percent from 12,300 picocuries per liter to over 8,000,000 picocuries per liter.
For those more familiar with other measurements of radiation, it will worry you to know that 8 Million picocuries converts to 296,000 Becquerel per liter. 
There are 1,000 liters per cubic meter, meaning the leak at Indian Point is equal to 296 Million Becquerels per m3 which is higher than the leaks at the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan!
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-06/65000-spike-reported-radioactivity-after-tritium-leaks-indian-point-nuclear-power-pl
Two years after being fined for falsifying safety records, nine months after a transformer exploded at the Indian Point Nuclear Reactor just 37 miles from midtown Manhattan, and two months after Entergy - the plant's operator - shut down the Unit 2 reactor after a major power outage cut power to several control rods (when the company assured that no radioactivity was released into the environment), this afternoon NY Governor Andrew Cuomo said he learned that "radioactive tritium-contaminated water" had leaked into the groundwater at the nuclear facility in Westchester County.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3435606/New-York-Governor-orders-probe-nuclear-plant-alarming-radioactivity-increasing-nearly-65-000-cent-contaminated-water-leaked-facility.html

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	https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/861 A 65,000 percent increase in groundwater radioactivity has been detected at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in New York after radioactive tritium leaked into the ground. The levels of radioactivity reported this week are significantly higher than in past incidents. Three of forty groundwater monitoring wells registered alarming increases in radiation contaminating local ground water. In fact, one of the monitoring wells increased nearly 65,000 percent from 12,300 picocuries per liter to over 8,000,000 picocuries per liter. For those more familiar with other measurements of radiation, it will worry you to know that 8 Million picocuries converts to 296,000 Becquerel per liter. There are 1,000 liters per cubic meter, meaning the leak at Indian Point is equal to 296 Million Becquerels per m3 which is higher than the leaks at the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan! http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-06/65000-spike-reported-radioactivity-after-tritium-leaks-indian-point-nuclear-power-pl Two years after being fined for falsifying safety records, nine months after a transformer exploded at the Indian Point Nuclear Reactor just 37 miles from midtown Manhattan, and two months after Entergy - the plant's operator - shut down the Unit 2 reactor after a major power outage cut power to several control rods (when the company assured that no radioactivity was released into the environment), this afternoon NY Governor Andrew Cuomo said he learned that "radioactive tritium-contaminated water" had leaked into the groundwater at the nuclear facility in Westchester County. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3435606/New-York-Governor-orders-probe-nuclear-plant-alarming-radioactivity-increasing-nearly-65-000-cent-contaminated-water-leaked-facility.html
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Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Online Points: 95567	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 10 2016 at 9:55pm
	https://www.rt.com/usa/332087-indian-point-tritium-leak/ New measurements at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in upstate New York show levels of radioactive tritium 80 percent higher than reported last week. Plant operator insists the spill is not dangerous, as state officials call for a safety probe. Entergy, which operates the facility 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, says the increased levels of tritium represent“fluctuations that can be expected as the material migrates.” “Even with the new readings, there is no impact to public health or safety, and although these values remain less than one-tenth of one percent of federal reporting guidelines,” Entergy said in a statement. New measurements at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in upstate New York show levels of radioactive tritium 80 percent higher than reported last week. Plant operator insists the spill is not dangerous, as state officials call for a safety probe. Entergy, which operates the facility 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, says the increased levels of tritium represent“fluctuations that can be expected as the material migrates.” “Even with the new readings, there is no impact to public health or safety, and although these values remain less than one-tenth of one percent of federal reporting guidelines,” Entergy said in a statement. In December, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission allowed Entergy to continue operating the reactors, pending license renewal. The facility’s initial 40-year license was set to expire on December 12, but the regulators are reportedly leaning towards recommending a 20-year extension. By contrast, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine was only three years old when it exploded in April 1986. To this day, an area of 1000 square miles around the power plant remains the “exclusion zone,” where human habitation is prohibited. According to Entergy, tritium is a “low hazard radionuclide” because it emits low-energy beta particles, which do not penetrate the skin. “People could be harmed by tritium only through internal exposure caused by drinking water with high levels of tritium over many years,” an Entergy fact sheet says. Environmentalist critics are not convinced, however. “This plant isn’t safe anymore,” Paul Gallay, president of environmental watchdog group Riverkeeper, told the New York Daily News. “Everybody knows it and only Entergy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission refuse to admit it.”
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein