Sentences with phrase «of radioactive leaks»

But the black summer of radioactive leaks and spills shed doubt on the nuclear industry's — and in particular Areva's — ability to uphold fundamental safety standards according to an article in the International Herald Tribune.»

Ten state senators wrote to the Energy Department last year about the Shoreline Fault, which they said could also intersect with the existing Hosgri Fault, exacerbating the risk of radioactive leaks.

«There's even a possibility of radioactive leaks there,» Hong said.

If someone tries to warn you of some radioactive leak determined by some scientific piece of equipment and you choose not to listen... but remain ignorant... good for you!

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The tunnel contained rail cars filled with radioactive waste, leading to concerns of a radiation leak.

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.

No containment structures exist over the spent fuel pools; the pools are vulnerable to a loss - of - coolant scenario; mock attack drills reveal accessibility to and vulnerability of spent fuel buildings; and two of the spent fuel pools at Indian Point have been leaking radioactive materials.

The amount of radioactive tritium leaking from the Indian Point nuclear power plant is growing, according to tests released today.

The source of the leak, which was not radioactive, has been stopped.

He now wants all three agencies to integrate their investigations to explore whether operational problems that he says are suspected to have caused the uptick in unexpected outages of the plant may also be causing the leak of radioactive water.

This investigation is examining multiple unplanned shutdowns, a transformer fire that triggered the declaration of an unusual event level emergency, and most recently, a radioactive tritium leak that has caused groundwater radioactivity levels to rise more than 65,000 percent.

The approval does not sit well with Rep. Nita Lowey (D, NY17) who said the NRC «should not ease any type of testing requirement at Indian Point» as she pointed to the recent leaks at three wells that included radioactive tritium earlier this month.

However, the NRC said the leak of radioactive tritium, a naturally - occurring radioactive isotope, was minor and presented no danger to humans.

The study, published in the online journal Environmental Science & Technology (ACS Publications), determined the impact of intrinsic colloid formation on increased migration of leaked radioactive materials in the environment.

Researchers at Ben - Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have found that radioactive matter migrates more quickly in carbonate bedrock formations once it has leaked from a tank from near surface waste sites and geological repositories.

Pluto's geological activity is driven both by heat leaking from radioactive elements in its interior — a remnant of its birth more than 4 billion years ago — and by the volatile compounds that flit between its surface and its atmosphere.

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

But it is unclear how much residual radioactive contamination is still entering the sea from leaks around the Fukushima plant, says Scott Fowler, a marine ecologist at Stony Brook University in New York who has been involved in previous assessments of contamination levels in the ocean near Fukushima.

It has no form of containment, so even a minor radioactive leak can escape into the environment.

A new study shows that a surprising amount of the plant's leaked radioactive waste has made its way into groundwater underneath nearby beaches.

Two weeks later, a radionuclide monitoring station in Yellowknife, Canada, detected increases in radioactive xenon, which presumably had leaked out of the underground test site and drifted eastward.

• Water leaking from at least one of the reactors shows high levels of radioactivity, suggesting a potential core breach that could make the plant even more radioactive.

One possible solution to quickly measure a population's exposure to radiation in the event of a nuclear disaster or some other large - scale leak of radioactive material — such as a so - called «dirty bomb» attack — would be to scan the body in places where that material is most readily absorbed.

Marine scientists have calculated that, based on all the radioactive particles released (or leaking) from Fukushima, a dose due to this most recent nuclear accident would add up to a total of roughly one microsievert (a unit of radiation exposure) of extra radiation — roughly one tenth the average daily dose most Americans experience, one fortieth the amount from a cross — North America flight and one one - hundredth the exposure from a dental x-ray.

Norway and Sweden are worried about the threat posed by radioactive leaks from sunken nuclear - powered submarines and nuclear waste off the Kola Peninsula, as well as the safety of the nuclear plants there.

JAPAN»S beleaguered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility made headlines again last week, when it was reported that some 305 tonnes of radioactive water had leaked from a storage tank.

From samples of seawater, Jota Kanda of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology estimated last year that about 0.3 terabecquerels (TBq) of radioactive material are leaking into the sea each month.

Three months after the tsunami - stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant began leaking unprecedented amounts of radioactive isotopes, an interdisciplinary group of scientists will begin measuring the radioactivity in the ocean east of Japan on 4 June.

IRSN argues that the leak could have taken place when Mayak technicians botched the fabrication of a highly radioactive component for a physics experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in L'Aquila, Italy.

In the West this means a strong outer shell capable of withstanding explosive leaks of radioactive gas or liquids.

There is no permanent solution for Fukushima's radioactive water, which has been leaking out of storage tanks again and again.

So Fukushima is still leaking tons of highly radioactive water into the Pacific, even in December 2011, and plans more intentional dumping into the ocean, but declares their emissions to be «zero» due to the technicality of declaring it «a state of emergency».

He pointed to the NRC as a factor in the closing of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, but failed to mention the plant had been plagued by problems in recent years, including a cooling tower collapse and radioactive tritium leak.

According to NRC officials, the amount of radioactive materials from underground piping system leaks has been small relative to these permitted discharges.

And then in 2012, one of them closed down because it had a little bit of radioactive steam that leaked out of a particular part.

A transformer unit also caught fire, and there were reports of 50 other problems, including broken pipes and radioactive water leaks.

Every waste dump in the U.S. leaks radiation into the environment, and nuclear plants themselves are running out of ways to store highly radioactive waste on site.

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.

And while human health is a concern in any case involving radioactive contamination, let's not forget that any leaks will also effect the local ecosystems, impacting the health of local wildlife, particularly vulnerable aquatic species.

On that visit, Caldicott guaranteed headlines by advising residents to evacuate the town because «that radioactive waste will leak into the water for the rest of time».

Activist warns Port Hope that radioactive waste will leak into water and air «for the rest of time» was the headline in the Toronto Star.