Sentences with phrase «radioactive leaks into»

The major 7 reactor 8.2 GW Kashiwazaki - Kariwa complex in central Japan, was hit by a Richter scale 6.8 earthquake in July 2007, which fortunately only led to a relatively small (1200 litre, 90 k becquerel) radioactive leak into the sea.

Not exact matches

The desalination plant would be sited only 3.5 miles downstream from the aging Indian Point nuclear plant, which is increasingly leaking radioactive tritium and strontium - 90 into the river.

Since at least August 2005, radioactive contaminants such as tritium and strontium - 90 have been leaking from Indian Point's spent fuel pools into the groundwater and the Hudson River.

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.

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.

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.

Leaks have released radioactive hydrogen — tritium — into the environment at reactors from Vermont to Illinois.

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.

On 23 May 2013, a malfunction sent a brief, unexpectedly high intensity beam at a gold target and vaporized radioactive material leaked into the experiment hall.

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».

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 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.