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Nuclear power plant denies it was source of Strontium-90 found in flesh of fish caught in Vermont river (NRC records say that plant reported releasing strontium-90 into the environment several times since 2002)
Nuclear power plant denies it was source of Strontium-90 found in flesh of fish caught in Vermont river (NRC records say that plant reported releasing strontium-90 into the environment several times since 2002)
"...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party
(My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.) Never forget Excalibur.
Re: Nuclear power plant denies it was source of Strontium-90 found in flesh of fish caught in Vermont river
There are a few possibilities :
1. It was from the plant
2. It was from nuclear testing 50 years ago.
3. It is form another source. (waste dumping/spills/agricultural tracer/cancer treatment)
The fact that it was a trace barely detectable doesn't help. Also it certainly doesn't warrant shutting down the plant as was mentioned in the article if it was indeed the source, It warrants fixing it of course.
There are far worse contaminants in that water at concentrations people should be worried about.
We have disproportionate scrutiny of nuclear facilities - which is good in a way I guess because it keeps them safer - but also because it is sensational a lot more is missed. Especially from other forms of power generation and point sources of environmental pollution.
Vermont Yankee is a 620 MW electrical output facility.
One 500 megawatt coal-fired power plant produces approximately 3,700,000 tons of CO2, 10,000 tons of sulfur dioxide SO2, 500 tons of small airborne particles, 10,200 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx), 720 tons of carbon monoxide (CO), 220 tons of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and 225 pounds of arsenic and three pounds of mercury.
With environmental controls 125,000 tons of fly ash are produced along with 193,000 tons of sludge from the smokestack scrubber each year. This will contain lead, mercury, cadmium and depending on the coal deposit used varying trace amounts of uranium and thorium.
In the U.S., more than 75% of this waste is disposed of in unlined, unmonitored onsite landfills and surface impoundments.
Re: Nuclear power plant denies it was source of Strontium-90 found in flesh of fish caught in Vermont river
There are far worse contaminants in that water at concentrations people should be worried about.
I don't view nuclear waste vs coal plant waste as an either/or threat.
We have disproportionate scrutiny of nuclear facilities...
All the references that you provided indicate that other forms of pollution are at least as intensely scrutinized, with the results publicly available. I hope you'll start some educational threads on those topics.
"...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party
(My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.) Never forget Excalibur.
Governor Criticized for Fish Comments
Pat Bradley (2011-08-05)
MONTPELIER, VT (WAMC) - Vermont's radiological health chief says the level of Strontium-90 found in the edible part of the fish are consistent with background levels caused by nuclear bomb testing decades ago and the 1986 Chernobyl accident. But an Associated Press review of NRC records found that Vermont Yankee reported releasing strontium-90 into the environment several times since Entergy bought the reactor in 2002. So there's no way to ascertain exactly where the Strontium-90 in the fish came from. Vermont Governor Peter Schumlin reiterated to WAMC what he said in his weekly press conference: he won't fish in the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee Plant....
If the strontium-90 came from bomb tests or Chernobyl, we should be able to find similar concentrations in fish in places far from potential nuclear power plant contamination. I wonder if that type of monitoring is done.
Last edited by Emily; August 5, 2011, 05:26 PM.
Reason: typo
"...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party
(My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.) Never forget Excalibur.
Re: Nuclear power plant denies it was source of Strontium-90 found in flesh of fish caught in Vermont river (NRC records say that plant reported releasing strontium-90 into the environment several times since 2002)
Vt. Yankee had releases of radioactive substance
3:16 AM, Aug. 5, 2011
Written by
Dave Gram,
The Associated Press
[snip]
'William Irwin, radiological health chief with the Vermont Health Department, said it was possible strontium-90 from Vermont Yankee could have turned up in the river, but unlikely the plant was the main source of the substance. He said the releases in 2002-2005 may have stemmed from faulty nuclear fuel that was shipped to some power plants.'
"...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party
(My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.) Never forget Excalibur.
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