Trace leak at Wisconsin nuke plant "poses no threat". [View All]

[TheMightyFavog]

http://greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060826/GPG0101/608260412/1978

The plant announced last week it found an elevated level of radioactive particles called tritium in the ground near the building foundation. The radiation is higher than the level deemed OK for drinking water by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but plant employees and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission say it doesn't pose a risk to human health. There is no evidence the radiation has moved off the site.

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The radiation discovery is part of a national sweep of nuclear plants prompted by trouble at the Braidwood Nuclear Plant in Illinois. In that case, tritium contaminated groundwater and drinking water. In Kewaunee, however, no drinking water is believed to be involved.