Entergy VP fires back at Vermont Yankee critic - with facts

[wtmusic]

"...Notwithstanding its impressive operational record, Vermont Yankee has been the focus of considerable media attention due to a leak of tritium identified in early 2010. Vermont Yankee worked
diligently to identify its source, to stop the leak, and to remediate the effects of the leak on the environment. To date, Vermont Yankee has removed approximately 180 cubic feet of soil from the area near the leak and transported the removed soil to a licensed facility outside of Vermont for proper disposal. In addition, Vermont Yankee has pumped more than 300,000 gallons of tritiated water from the ground on the plant site and shipped the tritiated water to a licensed facility outside of Vermont for proper disposal. Vermont Yankee takes the leak and its remediation very seriously and has committed significant resources to addressing the issue. While acknowledging that this event did not meet Vermont Yankee’s high standards for operational excellence, it is important to keep the event in perspective. To that end, it is worth noting that:

• Neither the Vermont Department of Health nor the NRC has concluded that the leak presented a danger to the health and safety of the public;

• Despite hundreds of tests over the past year, detectable levels of tritium have never been found in any drinking water;

• Detectable levels of tritium have never been found in the Connecticut River, nor in any vegetation, beef, or milk from sources near the plant or down-river; and

• In accordance with NRC protocols, Vermont Yankee analyzed a “worst case scenario” related to the tritium leak and concluded that the highest exposure to radiation to any individual that could result from the leak, using the most conservative (i.e., the worst case) assumptions, would be less than one one-hundredth (0.01) mRem per year. To put that number in context, the average person is exposed to three (3.0) mRem of radiation on a typical cross country airline flight and to thirty (30.0) mRem from a typical dental x-ray examination.

In summary, measured against any credible standard, Vermont Yankee is in excellent condition, has been maintained and improved appropriately by its owner, and provides safe, clean, and reliable energy to Vermont."

http://www.atomicinsights.com/pdf_files/To_J_Leas_From_Entergy_Re_Vermont_Yankee.pdf

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Facts? Science?

What do you think this is, an anti-Creationist or anti-Quackery forum?

--d!

[pscot]

2. Once a cat sits on a hot stove

he'll never try it again. He won't try to sit on a cold one either. Mark Twain lived in Connecticutt, which isn't all that far from Vermont.

[madokie]

3. Trouble is those are his version of the facts

more than likely he has put his own slant on those facts due to the fact he is reliant on that information for his livelihood.
The last person I would want to believe concerning anything nuclear is the people who run the damn things as they've been known to lie even when the truth would sound better.

[NNadir]

4. If there was ONE scientifically illiterate anti-nuke who could demonstrate that someone

got a bad cold from the tritium, they'd be screaming all over the internet to replace the plant with crap from their pals at BP, which kills people every damn day it operates, generating not a whimper.

If you can't stand facts, try innuendo.

The anti-nuke industry is entirely funded by the dangerous fossil fuel industry, as the source of funding for the illiterate mystic Amory Lovins shows.

Have a nice mindless day.

[madokie]

5. No one is funding me big boy

You're stupid in your remarks here, nuclear toady boy :grr:
Madokie doesn't have mindless days DUDE.

[jpak]

6. but...but...but....they aren't supposed to let tritium or fission products seep into ground water

the nuclear industry is entirely funded by mystical republican goons who are illiterate.

yup!

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