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AP: Quake-hit North Anna nuke plant leaking radioactivity

Published: February 22nd, 2012 at 8:55 am ET
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Title: Radioactive groundwater detected at Va power plant
Source: AP
Date: Feb 22, 2012

  • Dominion Virginia Power is seeking the source of leaking radioactivity at its North Anna nuclear power plant
  • Elevated level of tritium was detected in groundwater
  • Company spokesman [says] two reactors aren’t the source of the leak
  • Tritium in water taken from an on-site sampling well was more than twice the federal standard for drinking water
  • [Nuclear Regulatory] commission says the radiation isn’t a hazard to the public

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Published: February 22nd, 2012 at 8:55 am ET
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23 comments to AP: Quake-hit North Anna nuke plant leaking radioactivity

  • Sickputer
    February 22, 2012 at 9:19 am

    Of course the plant owners are correct and the tritium couldn't possibly have leaked from their nuclear plant!

    SP:

    The tritium came down on an alien spaceship when they purged the aliens emptied their pee-pee toilets.

    Sheesh… I thought everybody knew that's how radioactive tritium ends up in earth ground water sources!

    The fricking aliens! Blast them out of the sky the next time they hover over that innocent nuclear plant!


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  • Alice Alice
    February 22, 2012 at 9:35 am

    If radiation isn't a hazard, why bother encasing the reactors? Or look for the source of the leak?

    Next thing they'll be telling us is that nuclear weapons don't kill either; they just sprout petunias.

    And all the filters in the world can't separate water from water…


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    • americancommntr
      February 22, 2012 at 9:49 am

      When the company spokesman pips "We didn't do it", and they have the only two reactors around, it raises the perfect question:

      Regarding anything that can destroy an area the size of two western states, be that a reactor, or a SPF, should any person or company be in charge of such a thing?

      The answer is NO, HELL NO!

      Somebody with the GIS ought to copy, adjust to size, and paste over North Anna, the Chernobyl or the Fukushima heavily contaminated soil map. Maybe seeing DC uninhabitable would wake up some stupid Congressmen, Senators, maybe a few of their Federal Reserve banker masters, too.


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      • americancommntr
        February 22, 2012 at 9:52 am

        I suppose Fed masters break down into two camps:
        1) Those wishing to see most of America a wildlife only zone like around Chernobyl.
        2) Those who would want to protect the assets they own (probably about everything in a given area).

        Maybe the latter hold sway over the former, and maybe the latter will actually see to it that reactors are shut down, that SPF contents are deradiationized by Brown's Gas, and the whole threat to their assets is eliminated.


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      • moonshellblue moonshellblue
        February 22, 2012 at 10:54 am

        They don't care they would just retreat to their special bunkers but for those of us not in the club, we get the infamous TS slip.


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    • truthseek truthseek
      February 22, 2012 at 10:46 am

      That the result we see and think of as a deadly mushroom cloud, is actually and should be thought of symbolically as a pretty, harmless flower, a petunia if you will.


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  • James2
    February 22, 2012 at 10:19 am

    If the source of the leaking radiation can be traced back to anything related to the earthquake – then the NRC folks who approved the restart, and the company executives who ordered the restart have committed a felony – by not properly insuring the public safety in accordance with 10CFR part 50 Appendix S, which states:

    I. Introduction
    (a) Each applicant for a construction permit, operating license, design certification, combined license, design approval, or manufacturing license is required by §§ 50.34(a)(12), 50.34(b)(10), or 10 CFR 52.47, 52.79, 52.137, or 52.157, and General Design Criterion 2 of appendix A to this part, to design nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components important to safety to withstand the effects of natural phenomena, such as earthquakes, without loss of capability to perform their safety functions. Also, as specified in § 50.54(ff), nuclear power plants that have implemented the earthquake engineering criteria described herein must shut down if the criteria in paragraph IV(a)(3) of this appendix are exceeded.
    (b) These criteria implement General Design Criterion 2 insofar as it requires structures, systems, and components important to safety to withstand the effects of earthquakes.

    They were informed before the restart that they would be watched. Now it's time to pay the piper.

    I hope we can get good information.


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  • Ramaswami Kumar
    February 22, 2012 at 11:33 am

    In enenews yesterday somebody flagged North Anna stating an event
    was notified. I cant immediately trace back to the comment.
    The coordinates of North Anna: 38 degrees 3' 38",-77 degrees 47' 22'. An earthquake occurred nearby on 19th February 2012:
    2.7 2012/02/19 07:12:30 37.911 -77.988 5.0 VIRGINIA
    (USGS).
    Hotspots at
    Total number of fires detected : 2
    [ONLY TOP 5 RESULTS ARE SHOWN.]
    Latitude Longitude Date Time Brightness Confidence Scan Track Satellite Version Bright.T31 FRP
    38.406 -76.135 2012-02-17 19:00 316.9 56 4.1 1.9 A 5.0 282.2 176.0
    38.411 -76.143 2012-02-17 19:00 320.9 55 4.1 1.9 A 5.0 282.2 224.0
    No hotspots on the 18th Feb and 19th Feb.
    Other related earthquakes in the world because of possible effects of daily dam content changes and consequent forces and water moment surges.
    Kashmir=Xinjiang quakes on 20th Feb:
    5.0 2012/02/20 14:18:03 35.810 79.830 10.0 KASHMIR-XINJIANG BORDER REGION
    5.0 2012/02/20 13:59:24 35.684 79.694 10.0 KASHMIR-XINJIANG BORDER REGION
    4.6 2012/02/20 13:52:33 35.700 79.596 7.1 KASHMIR-XINJIANG BORDER REGION
    4.6 2012/02/21 19:55:41 36.644 76.872 69.7 KASHMIR-XINJIANG BORDER REGION
    MAP 4.8 2012/02/21 19:41:00 -5.004 -11.357 9.8 ASCENSION ISLAND REGION
    4.4 2012/02/22 05:38:41 -0.867 101.104 190.7 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
    5.2 2012/02/20 02:28:17 1.831 99.583 188.6 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
    4.6 2012/02/20 00:33:50 -3.109 100.886 47.3 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
    4.6 2012/02/17 12:52:40 -17.689 167.251 6.3 VANUATU
    5.1 2012/02/22 00:50:42 -17.829 167.093 35.0 VANUATU
    See http://predictingquakes.blogspot.com


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  • Anthony Anthony
    February 22, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    Temblor rattles New Madrid earthquake zone in Missouri
    By Bruce Olsen | Reuters – 22 hours ago

    ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – A small earthquake centered in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in southeastern Missouri was felt in several states in the Midwest early on Tuesday but no damage or injuries were reported, authorities said.
    The 4.0 magnitude quake was centered about 9 miles east-southeast of Sikeston, Missouri, and hit at 3.58 a.m. Central Time, U.S. Geological Survey spokesman Don Blakeman said.

    http://ca.news.yahoo.com/temblor-rattles-madrid-earthquake-zone-missouri-193642895.html


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    • Sickputer
      February 22, 2012 at 1:51 pm

      Anthony sez: "small earthquake centered in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in southeastern Missouri was felt in several states in the Midwest"

      SP: Small potatoes for the frackers…just a warmup for the big one.

      Fracking industry report of this event: "Despite the coincidence of having ten simultaneous fracking operations within 1500 yards of the epicenter of today's earthquake there is no connection to our smashing through the earth's crust with our cesium-tipped drilling bits today"

      "However our alert crews did spot an alien space craft inserting a downspout into a nearby crevice and we have reliable information they were injecting hot alien pee-pee at an enormous pressure. This Unauthorized Potty Output (or UPO) was reported and we have asked for Stinger missiles to be allocated to our drilling hands. Further UPOs will be dealt with severely. That is all."


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  • many moons
    February 22, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    The nuclear industry doesn't tell the truth and they never will cause they don't want to get sued for killing people. Do not expect the truth from them!


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  • AGreenRoad AGreenRoad
    February 22, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    Hello, we need MORE
    tritium,
    cesium,
    uranium
    in our
    craniums
    craniums
    craniums

    So we can sing
    more deedle dees
    and deedle dums

    sing it loud
    sing it proud


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  • James2
    February 23, 2012 at 12:03 am

    We're sprouting poets on Enenews.


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  • James2
    February 25, 2012 at 10:57 am

    Update: Federal investigation underway.

    Presumably they don't like their families lives and their property endangered by cozy regulatory/industry relationships that ignore the law any more than the rest of us.


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