Radioactive leak discovered at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station

Radioactive leak discovered at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station

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FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse nuclear power plant near Toledo has been leaking radioactive water into plant property, possibly for some time.

On Wednesday, workers discovered a corroded, underground drain pipe leaking water containing tritium, a relatively short-lived isotope produced in the reactor.

They were excavating outside the reactor to look for a leak in a water line to the plant's fire protection system. The three-inch steel drain pipe takes water from a sump to a settling basin -- and eventually to Lake Erie.

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Here we go again, and not to long after that inncident that sent one company man to prison .

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[edit on 10/24/2008 by ghoulardi]

[edit on 10/24/2008 by ghoulardi]