Ill has a nuke event

[ensho]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng

Area: USA, State of Illinois, Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Morris



Officials at the Dresden Nuclear Power plant in Morris, Ill., say they're investigating the leak of a radioactive hydrogen isotope. Elevated levels of tritium, a by-product of energy produced in atomic reactors, were found during the weekend in a monitoring well, storm drains and a concrete vault, all on plant property, said Tim Hanley, the plant's vice president. The public is not at risk because the leakage was contained to the middle of the plant's property, Hanley told the Joliet (Ill.) Herald News in a story published Monday. The escaped Tritium measured 3.2 million picocuries per liter of water, Hanley said. The state Environmental Protection Agency said it considers water safe if it contains no more than 20,000 picocuries per liter. Tritium is a suspected cancer-causing agent, the Herald reported. Tritium was not found in any of the plant's 71 monitoring wells prior to last weekend's leak, Hanley said.
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[SidDithers]

1. Thanks again for your continuing series on the safety of Nuclear facilities...

and for reminding us how well the many layers of safety controls work.

Sid

[havocmom]

4. And how, more and more of late, they had BETTER work

Solar doesn't seem to need nearly as many layers of safety controls. Same with those windmills. And the waste doesn't need to be shipped across the nation.

[konnichi wa]

5. Heh heh

:thumbsup:

[EOTE]

2. Ummmm, so is it safe to go outside?

Or should I be lining my windows with duct tape? Should I get myself a tritium meter (should I ask Doc Ock?) Forgive me for my ignorance, I'm just trying to figure out how this effects my life.

[ensho]

6. I do not forgive you for your ignorance

nt

[EOTE]

7. Well that was rude.

I guess I'll just have to find out for myself and risk radiation poisoning. *Steps outside and immediately clutches at my throat.*

[Robb]

8. Nor I you for your arrogance.

:hi:

[juno jones]

3. Great map at the link

Seems South Carolina had a bioaccident at Mt Plesant that has injured a coupla people.
With radiation escapes, plane crashes, and hazmat releases, that map is surely a gift for the paranoid. :D