Radioactive Leak at California Nuclear Power Plant
source: http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/radioactive-leak-california-nuclear-power-plant
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Officials at the San Onofre nuclear power plant shut
down one of the facility’s two units Tuesday evening after a sensor
detected a possible leak in a steam generator tube.
The Orange County Register pointed out:
After an unplanned, precautionary shutdown of a reactor at the San Onofre nuclear plant Tuesday,
a plant spokesman said Wednesday that a possible leak in one of the
reactor’s steam generator tubes could have resulted in a tiny release
of radioactive material into the atmosphere.
AP notes today:
A tiny amount of radiation could have escaped into the
atmosphere from a Southern California nuclear power plant after a water
leak prompted operators to shut down the reactor as a precaution,
officials said Wednesday.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Victor Dricks said radioactive gas “could have” escaped the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on the northern San Diego coast....
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EmperorThan
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Very fitting being the power plant in the movie Koyaanisqatsi.
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EmperorThan
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Novek
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"a plant spokesman said Wednesday that a possible leak in one of the reactor’s steam generator tubes could have resulted in a tiny release of radioactive material into the atmosphere."
Just a teeny tiny little leak. Nothing to concern yourself over. Keep on jogging there good citizen. Also you might want to go through that decontamination station on your way back round...
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Novek
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BRAVATRAVELS
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We all going to dieeeeeeee!
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Is common in Nuclear Plants... Next...
Our Political system has become a travesty!!!
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BRAVATRAVELS
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Ambill94
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the media is more interested in losers like Newt and Mitty etc than anything serious...the primary is the grand distraction for all thing environmental...fuck the planet we have politicians to entertain us...what a joke...wait till we have a real serious atomic situation...and we will...
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Ambill94
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circlesquared
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Seems like there is a nuclear issue every day...don't worry there is no danger to the public so the story always goes.
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circlesquared
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bailey78
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Don't worry it was a small one. Besides we all know nuclear power is just as Safe as can be. Do you Believe that??
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bailey78
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Dagum
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bailey78:
As the comments at the link point out.
There wasReactor coolant leak, Brunswick County North Carolina (Shut Down Nuclear Plant #2 Mid-November 2011)
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20120126/ARTICLES/120129737
And of course the other day.
In Northwest Chicago (Byron, Illinois)
http://www.youtube.com/dutchsinse#p/u/4/scf7C5xI6GI
A lot of people would die if they all started to go bad at once... Time to keep an eye on the other ones across the nation.
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Dagum
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bailey78
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Dagum:
Yeah once that can of worms get opened it's hard to get them back in. Kind of like smoke once it gets let loose ya just can't get it back in the jar.
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bailey78
