Sentences with phrase «contaminated water leaked»

Indian Point's operators reported that radioactive tritium - contaminated water leaked into the groundwater at the facility, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in a press release Saturday.

This comes after news became public last weekend that tritium - contaminated water leaked into the groundwater at Indian Point.

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There are several Gas Pipelines, which will transport Hydrofracked Gas from the Marcellus Shale region and other states, despite the fact that many of the wells especially in PA are already showing signs of being exhausted, and that is why there is much attention on the Southern Tier and Lower Western portion of NYS; the Delaware Valley and Catskill region south to New Jersey, where the «Industry» is slated to construct 100,000 new wells; an estimated 8.9 % of which will leak and contaminate our water resources according to the «Solutions Project» led by Dr. Mark Jacobson of Stanford University and other noted scholars from other institutions, (Cornell University and Pepacton Institute).

The Indian Point nuclear power plant has a long history of accidental radioactive leaks and spills: spent fuel pools at the plant housing toxic nuclear waste have been leaking since the 1990s; corroded buried pipes have sprung radioactive leaks; tanks have spilled hundreds of gallons radioactively contaminated water; and malfunctioning valves and pumps have leaked radionuclide - laden water.

New York will investigate the Indian Point Energy Center after Cuomo said he learned that «radioactive tritium - contaminated water» leaked into the groundwater at the nuclear facility in Westchester County.

Officials at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant near Oswego are investigating why fuel rods in the reactor's core are leaking radiation and while not considered an emergency, it could potentially spread contaminated water to other parts of the plant.

Radioactive tritium - contaminated water has leaked into the groundwater at the Indian Point nuclear power plant.

«Too many places are dealing with water main breaks, leaks, contaminated drinking water and other problems that can result in public health threats, property damage or inconvenience for residents and businesses,» he said.

And the exhibit plays to local concerns over contaminated water supplies, fracking - induced earthquakes, methane leaks, noise, dust and dirt.

If leaks from pipelines are not detected early enough, the resulting leaked oil could contaminate the local environment and water sources.

Bottom - dwelling fish continue to be found with high levels of radioactive elements, potentially coming from leaking radioactive water or contaminated sediments

Water contaminated by the oil currently leaking into the ocean from the Sanchi tanker collision is likely to take at least three months to reach land, and if it does the Korean coast is the most likely location.

In 2010, Duke University researcher Robert Jackson found that, in theory, carbon dioxide leaking from underground storage sites — including in central Illinois — could contaminate drinking - water aquifers with pollutants such as uranium under the wrong conditions.

So the most contaminated water should never leak into the earth.

Another perennial concern is that the water contaminated with radioactive particles still leaking from the stricken nuclear power plant site is poisoning Pacific Ocean fish and other seafood.

(MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether, was added to gasoline beginning in 1979 to help it burn more fully, but the cancer - causing chemical was widely banned in the U.S. after it was discovered to be leaking into and contaminating ground water.)

Contaminated water can leak out, the Australian scientists say.

A leaking underground storage tank can seep into soil and groundwater and contaminate drinking water, indoor air quality and create unhealthy living conditions.

Last Friday, Freedom Industries, the chemical company responsible for the chemical leak which contaminated drinking water in West Virginia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Assurances had been given that the Dakota Access Pipeline would not leak into the Missouri River and contaminate the primary source of water for the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation (or damage the multi-state Ogallala Aquifer — one of the largest in the world).

The indications of elevated tritium levels strongly suggest a leak of radioactively contaminated water from Indian Point (it's not irrefutable evidence of an ongoing or recent leak since it could be past leakage finally reaching the monitoring wells due to recent rainfall.)

The implication of the title is that the Marcellus is leaking now, naturally without any human assistance, and that if water - based fluid is injected into these cross-formational pathways, that leakage, which is already «contaminating» the aquifers with salt, could be made much worse.

In America's Magic City, the rising seawater is leaking into, and contaminating, fresh water supplies above and underground.

They were allowed to return within 12 hours of the leak, but there are still questions about how much natural gas escaped, and whether nearby soil and water were contaminated.

The King Gold Mine has apparently been leaking contaminated water for many years.

On the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, contaminated water continues to leak from the destroyed plant, and radioactive waste is accumulating without any robust solution, say Friends of the Earth Japan.

In July, TEPCO finally admitted that the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant was leaking radioactively - contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean.

In the 1990s, leaks from the Braidwood nuclear station in Illinois contaminated local wells, and owner Exelon Corp. had to provide a new municipal water system.

Since Friday, January 10, over 5,000 gallons of 4 - methylcyclohexane methanol — an industrial chemical used in coal processing — have leaked into the Elk River, contaminating the region's drinking water.

Watch for flooded roads, contaminated buildings, contaminated water, gas leaks, broken glass, damaged electrical wiring and slippery floors.

These leaks may go undetected for long periods of time and can seep into the water table and contaminate drinking water.

The greatest potential hazard from a leaking UST is that its contents (petroleum or other hazardous substances) can seep into the soil and contaminate groundwater, the source of drinking water for nearly half of all Americans.