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originally posted by: musicismagic
the end is near
originally posted by: chiefsmom
So, more professionals telling people there is no danger to the public.
Famous last words.
How is that soil in OHIO again?
originally posted by: quintessentone
We all care, but how can we make this #storm change? I feel powerless.
Minnesota regulators said Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant, and the company said there’s no danger to the public. Xcel reported the leak of water containing tritium to state and federal authorities in late November, the spill had not been made public before Thursday. State officials said they waited to get more information before going public with it. "We knew there was a presence of tritium in one monitoring well, however Xcel had not yet identified the source of the leak and its location," Minnesota Pollution Control Agency spokesman Michael Rafferty said. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that occurs naturally in the environment and is a common by-product of nuclear plant operations. It emits a weak form of beta radiation that does not travel very far and cannot penetrate human skin, according to the NRC. A person who drank water from a spill would get only a low dose, the NRC says.
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originally posted by: Violater1
originally posted by: quintessentone
We all care, but how can we make this #storm change? I feel powerless.
Hopefully, most of the states will return to paper ballots, or the SCOTUS will reinforce paper ballots. Then President Trump will be Uvoted back again and together, we will fix the system.
originally posted by: playswithmachines
a reply to: Violater1
Well i haven't read all of it yet. But Tritium is NOT a 'naturally occurring compound'. Nor is it a naturally occurring isotope here on Earth, at least not at sea level.
If it gets dumped into the ocean it would disperse fairly quickly IMO...