{"id":19,"date":"2013-03-22T07:49:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T11:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/nuclear-plant-hatch-radioactive-leaks.html"},"modified":"2013-03-22T07:49:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T11:49:36","slug":"nuclear-plant-hatch-radioactive-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/nuclear-plant-hatch-radioactive-leaks.html","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Plant Hatch radioactive leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nThe NRC publishes annual\n\nRadioactive Effluent and Environmental Reports<\/a> for every operating nuclear power reactor.\nThe reports for\n\nPlant Hatch 1 & 2<\/a> say\nradioactive tritium has repeatedly leaked into the soil and groundwater,\nbut the internal swamp is getting less radioactive.\nReports like this are not needed for wind or solar plants.\n<\/p>\n

\n\n\"Plant<\/a>\n
\n\nAnnual Radiological Environmental Operating Reports for 2011<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\nAccording to a 2007\n\nIndustry Groundwater Protection Initiative Voluntary Data Collection Questionnaire<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n\n\n

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\nVarious radioactive water leaks over the years, released varying\namounts of tritiated water onto and into the soil. Some of this\nwater tritium was at concentrations exceeding EPA's drinking water\nstandard. Over the years, a few onsite test\/piezometer wells located\nnear the leaks indicated tritium greater than EPA's drinking water\nstandard. Some of this water gradually migrated through the\nsurrounding soil into a subsurface "French drain" system which comes\nto the surface through an "outfall" which then discharged to a\ngulley and into the river. Over the years, a few of the subsurface\noutfall samples indicated tritium exceeding the EPA drinking water\nstandard although no measurable tritium was detected in the river.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn addition, a yard drain system emptying into another outfall has\nhad tritium in it occasionally when it has flow. A couple of samples\nfrom it over the years have shown tritium levels exceeding the EPA's\ndrinking water standard, but no measurable tritium was detected in\nthe river.\n<\/p>\n

\nGamma spectroscopy analyses and Sr-89\/90 analyses have not shown any\nindication of any other nuclides being present in the outfall or\nwell samples.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nNot to worry;\n\na letter says their onsite swamp got less radioactive<\/a>, although:\n<\/p>\n

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\nDue to the migration of radioactive material through the swamp and\nthe\ninconsistent dispersion of contamination, the activity levels deep in the swamp\n(locations PL-2, PL-3 and MBC) are somewhat variable especially for the longer\nlived isotopes such as Cs-137 (radiological half-life of 30.2 years).\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThey promise an update on the swamp in April 2018.\n<\/p>\n

\nThere's an\n\nAnnual Radioactive Effluent Release Reports for 2011<\/a>\nPlants Hatch, Farley, and Vogtle: 78 pages of dry, disconnected\ntidbits of minimum detectable radiation and absolute measures detected\nat various sites, with very little indication of significance such as\nlikely damage to animals, plants, or people.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe 235 page\n\nAnnual Radiological Environmental Operating Reports for 2011<\/a>\nfound no radiation in milk animals, although some in beef cattle\nand gardens.\nThey used to find radioactive tritium in the Altamaha River,\nbut in 2011 levels detected downstream were statistically\nindiscernible from those detected upstream.\nFish showed quite a bit of Cesium-137 and Cs-134 back in 1983,\nbut the amount has steadily declined since then.\nThat's for Hatch.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe report also covers Farley and Vogtle.\nFarley seems to have radioactive tritium in well water.\nNear Vogtle, there's direct radiation and airborne\nradiation on the river bank and on nearby roads.\nThe Vogtle controls for milk were less than 10 miles from the plant.\nCuriously, direct radiation increased at all three plants\nin 2010 and 2011.\nOh, and there is detectible radioactivity in the Savannah River,\nnoticeably higher than at the control locations.\n<\/p>\n

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