Radiation discharge near Philadelphia kept secret from public for weeks

[harvey]

First time i'm hearing about this..

Radiation discharge near Philadelphia kept secret from public for weeks — No ‘immediate’ health concerns, says NRC

[ArcticSplash]

Is this for reals? The Mercury - NRC reveals radioactive water spill at Limerick nuke plant

[#1MetsFan]

So they are permitted to routinely release radiation into nearby creeks and rivers?

[Jayfar]

News to me too. If I'm reading this right, the discharges of slightly radioactive water to the river is standard approved operating procedure. The only thing that made it news was that some of the water overflowed through a manhole cover onto the plant grounds and that water had a higher concentration of radioactive particles since it hadn't yet reached the stream, where it would be diluted by that stream to permissible levels.

[govtstatistic]

I believe that it is just a scare from our friendly neighbor's the japanese, Whose nukes were destroyed by stuxnet which came from russia. , and infected the whole Mediterranean .(western world)
the world is over ,we all died last week when the money ran out., slipped right past me and took my car to vegas and had a happy death
but.,

even after the nuremberg trial ('following orders was not an excuse)

[DocAwesome]

Releasing water that has had no physical contact to the core back into streams, albeit with a slightly elevated radiation level, is SOP. In order for it to be permissible it needs to exist or be diluted to levels that somewhat resemble your regular background radiation levels, though I don't know the actual levels. While no levels are "Safe" (so there are elevated risks for sure), it's a somewhat intellectually irresponsible argument that NO radiation can be allowed to exist as indirect runoff, when even when domiciling close to the plant you will get more radiation from other well-known other sources of radiation, such as bananas, TV's, airplanes, and in many cases, the friggin earth. I know there was an XKCD that showed some common radiation exposures that was surprisingly good.

[#1MetsFan]

So, when they published that report a year or so ago that concluded that elevated radiation levels came from cancer patients urine that flowed from the sewage system into the Schuylkhill, that was just nonsense?

[Politburo]

No, but that was different radiation (iodine, iirc.. this is tritium aka H3).

[Tartan69]

I know there was an XKCD that showed some common radiation exposures that was surprisingly good.

While I think xkcd is almost always good, this one was one of their most informative as well: http://xkcd.com/radiation/

[Marquis]

I believe that it is just a scare from our friendly neighbor's the japanese, Whose nukes were destroyed by stuxnet which came from russia. , and infected the whole Mediterranean .(western world)
the world is over ,we all died last week when the money ran out., slipped right past me and took my car to vegas and had a happy death
but.,

even after the nuremberg trial ('following orders was not an excuse)

lolwut

[phillyaggie]

While I think xkcd is almost always good, this one was one of their most informative as well: http://xkcd.com/radiation/

that's a good one!

[govtstatistic]

Marquis


even after the nuremberg trial ('following orders was not an excuse)
lolwut



U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say

[ArcticSplash]

Releasing water that has had no physical contact to the core back into streams, albeit with a slightly elevated radiation level, is SOP. In order for it to be permissible it needs to exist or be diluted to levels that somewhat resemble your regular background radiation levels, though I don't know the actual levels. While no levels are "Safe" (so there are elevated risks for sure), it's a somewhat intellectually irresponsible argument that NO radiation can be allowed to exist as indirect runoff, when even when domiciling close to the plant you will get more radiation from other well-known other sources of radiation, such as bananas, TV's, airplanes, and in many cases, the friggin earth. I know there was an XKCD that showed some common radiation exposures that was surprisingly good.

I always wondered what they do with the water when the turbine is flushed. The Limerick plant has had a turbine changeout (it was shown on a documentary on the Discovery channel). Thing has gotta be flushed before its cracked open to pull the rotor out.

[Marquis]

Marquis


even after the nuremberg trial ('following orders was not an excuse)
lolwut



U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say

govtstatistic

Your posts make no sense. I'm sure there is some truth in each one, but each one I read is full of weird spacing and punctuation and a jumble of words that lack coherence, so lolwut indeed.

[DocAwesome]

While I think xkcd is almost always good, this one was one of their most informative as well: http://xkcd.com/radiation/

That's the one!

[govtstatistic]

Just In: “Explosion inside a protected area” at U.S. nuke plant, says local official near Philadelphia — “No impact on public health” says NRC

[LUCas]

Just In: “Explosion inside a protected area” at U.S. nuke plant, says local official near Philadelphia — “No impact on public health” says NRC

A transformer blew.

[toxigal]

A transformer blew.

yeah, a transformer blew on the non-nuclear side of the plant causing the generator cooling systems to go down so the plant was manually shut down. sounds like very thing worked as it should have!