Sentences with phrase «radioactive tritium»
"Radioactive tritium" refers to a type of material called tritium that emits harmful radiation. Full definition
The amount of radioactive tritium leaking from the Indian Point nuclear power plant is growing, according to tests released today.
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The amount of radioactive tritium leaking from the Indian Point nuclear power plant is growing, officials said Wednesday, prompting Gov. Cuomo to launch a multiagency probe into operations at the troubled plant.
Additional testing has turned up higher levels of radioactive tritium in groundwater than what was reported last week at the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
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.
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.
But the furor that began last year over leakage of radioactive tritium from underground pipes into the groundwater around the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor in Vernon, Vt., illustrated how concerns about reactor safety could suddenly swamp relicensing plans.
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.
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.
Additional testing has turned up even higher levels of radioactive tritium than what was reported last week at the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
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.
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.
However, the NRC said the leak of radioactive tritium, a naturally - occurring radioactive isotope, was minor and presented no danger to humans.
KATRIN has begun taking test data, but the experiment is not yet filled with the radioactive tritium gas necessary to collect data for analysis.
Monitoring wells at the Indian Point nuclear power plant complex detected a spike in levels of radioactive tritium.