As WELL IT SHOULD!!
And SO DOES the Globe's coverage on this issue, readers.
Back to a BRIEF AGAIN, huh?
From February 5:
"Radioactive leak stirs near plant
The revelation that radioactive tritium has been found at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is raising concerns among people who live and work nearby.
Yeah, HI, readers!!!!
Tritium, which can cause cancer if ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through skin in large amounts, has been found in groundwater on the site of the plant in Vernon, but none has been found in drinking water supplies or in the Connecticut River. The state has stepped up sampling of drinking water wells in response (AP)."
Translation: Do not get anywhere near the stuff.
Update: Vermont Yankee tritium level down slightly
Oh, is that the calm-producing lie the government and industry are telling now?
That never appeared in my printed Globe either! And the edition is supposed to be for my region!
Yeah, the POISONING of US RUBES out here doesn't mean as much a CERTAIN OTHER THING$ to the Globe, if you know what I mean:
the REAL NUCLEAR THREAT -- a little closer to home, and a hell of a lot more relevant!!!
Related: Watching Vermont's Nuke
Your Friendly Neighborhood Nuclear Plant
Yup, leaking radioactivity in the ground, yay!
"Sign of leak again found at nuclear plant
State officials say that more radioactive tritium has been found at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, at much higher levels than were found in a test well nearly two weeks ago. William Irwin, the state’s radiological health chief, said that readings of 1 million to 2 million picocuries per liter were found in a concrete trench several hundred feet from the test well where tritium was reported on Jan. 7. He said that it was not known whether the latest finding could have been caused by the same leak that caused the earlier elevated reading. Meanwhile, state officials are calling for the state Health Department to conduct its own investigation and not rely on information from Vermont Yankee (AP)."
Hey, it's not like Yankee wouldn't have any $elf-$erving financial intere$t$ at $take or anything.
"Agency grills Vermont Yankee about leak
The Vermont Public Service Board is sharply questioning sworn statements made by the owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant about underground piping at its Vernon facility. In an unusual opening statement before a hearing yesterday, the agency's chairman, James Volz, said it appeared Entergy Nuclear "may have provided false information for an extended period time."
No! You're kidding?
The board has told Entergy it would need to go back through application for a 20-year license extension and correct any inaccurate information.
Yeah, we are going to TRUST YOU now!
The hearing was held nearly three weeks after it was announced that radioactive tritium was found to have been leaking at the plant, possibly from underground piping company officials had said did not exist (AP)."
Oh, HOW ABOUT THAT ONE, huh?!!!
Related: Gov. to lawmakers: Hold off on Vermont Yankee vote
Oh, I'm sorry, I just had a rewritten rewrite of invisible ink instead.
Yeah, RADIOACTIVE WATER out here is ONLY a BRIEF (if that) to the Boston Globe; however, when it $TART$ to EFFECT the NUCLEAR-POWER INDUSTRY'S POCKETBOOK I get a FRONT-PAGE FEATURE!!!!!!
"Leaks imperil nuclear industry; Vermont Yankee among troubled" by Beth Daley, Globe Staff | January 31, 2010
VERNON, Vt. - The nuclear industry, once an environmental pariah, is recasting itself as green as it attempts to extend the life of many power plants and build new ones.
Related:
"Democrats’ goal of limiting carbon emissions while encouraging development of nuclear power, subsidizing coal mining, and drilling for off-shore oil"
Also see: Message to the Environmental Movement
Yeah, BETRAYAL NEVER FEELS VERY GOOD, does it?
Now you KNOW WHY I AM ANGRY!!!!!
But a leak of radioactive water at Vermont Yankee, along with similar incidents at more than 20 other US nuclear plants in recent years, has kindled doubts about the reliability, durability, and maintenance of the nation’s aging nuclear installations.
NOT HERE! DOUBTED IT ALL ALONG!!
Vermont health officials say the leak, while deeply worrisome, is not a threat to drinking water supplies or the
Yeah, that's what the LYING AUTHORITIES SAY about the river that CUTS THROUGH TOWN!!!
But the controversy is threatening to derail the nuclear plant’s bid, now at a critical juncture, for state approvals to extend its operating life by 20 years when its license expires in two years.
And the AGENDA-PUSHING GLOBE dutifully picks up the cudgel!
PFFFFFFTTT!
Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors, Vermont Yankee’s owners, and state officials are tracing the source of the radioactivity and searching for other leaks in the labyrinth of below-surface pipes on the plants’ property about 10 miles from the Massachusetts border.
Oh, those PIPES the COMPANY SAID DIDN'T EXIST?
The timing couldn’t be worse for the nuclear industry, coming as it attempts a broad rebirth as a green energy source in the battle against global warming; the reactors do not emit greenhouse gases that cause the atmosphere to warm.
Yeah, KEEP SHOVELING that DISCREDITING LIE and AGENDA, Globe!
Related: The Boston Globe's Invisible Ink: Southern Snowstorm
That's WHY I DIDN'T PURCHASE a COPY today!!!
Memories of the accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl are receding and many in the public are taking a second look at nuclear.
And all the BIRTH DEFECTS, HEALTH PROBLEMS, and DEAD ZONES -- don't worry about 'em!
President Obama last week endorsed a new generation of nuclear power in his State of the Union address, and for the first time in decades, more than 20 new plants have been proposed.
Another disappointment; however, it is to be expected and easily sloughed off now. I've given up on him.
But the leaks have the potential to slow, if not stop, the bandwagon....
Critics say the problems with buried pipes are evidence the plants are too old and poorly maintained to continue to safely operate as many - including plants in Seabrook, N.H., and Plymouth - seek extensions of their original 40-year operating licenses. Nuclear advocates, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, say that while the leaks of a radioactive form of water containing tritium are serious, those that have contaminated groundwater have not exceeded regulatory limits or harmed the structural integrity, operation, or safety of the plants.
WHO CARES about GOVERNMENT LIMITS, etc?
I DON'T WANT the S*** in the WATER, period!!!
“No leak of tritium has ever had a negative impact on the health and safety of the public,’’ said Tom Kauffman, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute, a prominent industry group....
Oh, it MUST BE HARMLESS THEN!!
I'm sure that's why words like "deeply worrisome" are being employed.
And THINK WHAT YOU WILL BE MISSING!
Indeed, Vermont Yankee provides roughly one-third of the Green Mountain State’s electricity and, to the delight of many business owners and residents, it is inexpensive. That low cost - and the 650 jobs the plant provides - has won it longstanding political support in the state.
Is this a PROMOTION PIECE for BUSINESS, an ENVIRONMENT piece, or a HEALTH PIECE?
Still, antinuclear sentiment, always an undercurrent in this liberal state because of the dangers of radioactive releases and waste, accelerated after the plant received NRC permission to increase its power output by 20 percent in 2006.
Yeah, if you are REPUGLICAN and READ you LIKE BEING POISONED by RADIOACTIVITY, right?
Yeah, the INSULTS are ANOTHER REASON I didn't purchase the paper.
The next year, a cooling tower partially collapsed, and in 2008, another tower sprung a leak.
But I'm sure "conservatives" would be just fine with it.
The plant’s safety was not compromised, but the events stoked public concerns about the adequacy of plant maintenance. More than 200 people, evoking the 1970s grass-roots efforts against the construction of nuclear plants in New England, took part in some portions of a 127-mile march from Brattleboro to the state capital, Montpelier, earlier this month.
I may be mistaken, but I DON'T REMEMBER the Globe covering THAT PROTEST!
Earlier this month? NOPE!
Then earlier this month, Vermont Yankee’s owner, Louisiana-based
And then they can LIE ABOUT IT for 20 years!
Two weeks later, Entergy said it found much higher levels of tritium - along with Cobalt-60, another radioactive isotope - in a 40-foot-long trench that houses pipes. It is unclear whether the two areas of contamination are related.
Tritium, while found in nature in small amounts, is produced as a byproduct in nuclear power plants. The US Environmental Protection Agency says tritiated water increases the risk of cancer if someone drinks it, but the radiation is low-level and leaves the body quickly....
Yeah, sure, government and MSM.
I guess you WOULDN'T MIND having a BIG GLASS then, huh?
Of course, the GOVERNMENT FED URANIUM-TAINTED CEREAL to RETARDED KIDS for DECADES, so YOU CAN TRUST THEM!
See: US Government Experiments On Children During The Cold War
Yeah, this government is ONLY LOOKING OUT for YOUR HEALTH and SAFETY, America! That's what ALL the LIES are FOR!!
The test well, which is not used for drinking water, has registered increasingly higher levels of tritium in recent weeks - topping out at 29,000 picocuries per liter. The trench had levels in the millions of picocuries per liter. Vermont Yankee is drilling seven more wells to see how widespread the problem is. “Obviously we are taking this very seriously,’’ said plant spokesman Rob Williams, as he guided a reporter through a maze of security fencing to view one of the monitoring wells near the Connecticut River. He stressed that the company was doing everything it could to figure out the extent of the problem and its source. The plant told regulators about the elevated levels as soon as they were found, even though they were below levels required to be reported, he said.
Yeah, they are great people and a fine company, pfffffttt!!!
Just don't drink the water.
Across the country, tritium leaks have not prevented re-licensing of the nation’s nuclear plants by the NRC, which has extended the operating life of 59 reactors and is considering or expected to consider 37 other applications in the next seven years.
Yeah, but ONLY LIBERALS CARE!
In December, the agency issued a report noting that an evaluation of buried piping showed that corrosion, where leaks can spring from, tends to occur in small areas where anti-corrosion coating is damaged.
Oh, GREAT! Good thing PIPES NEVER CORRODE around here!!!!
The agency concluded that its oversight of the issue is adequate, but spokesman Neil Sheehan said in an e-mail that the NRC is “a learning agency’’ and would continue to review any new information and change policies as needed to ensure safety.
After 50 YEARS on the JOB they are "still learning?"
Then NUCLEAR POWER is NOT SAFE at ALL and we have gotten VERY, VERY, LUCKY!!
I sure am not feeling ANY BETTER about living in the SHADOW of the thing!
The leaks at Vermont Yankee have caused a credibility problem for the plant’s owner.
Yeah, LYING has a way of DOING THAT!!
State officials have charged that Entergy officials misled them on a number of occasions by denying the plant had buried piping that could carry radioactive material.
But they were OUT FRONT and STRAIGHT UP when they DIDN'T HAVE TO BE, remember!
Last week, Governor Jim Douglas, a longtime supporter of the plant, asked legislators to delay a vote needed for the plant’s re-licensing. He also called for a state board to stop considering Entergy’s request to spin off Vermont Yankee into a subsidiary with its other nuclear plants, a move that the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, a consumer and environmental non-profit, says could limit the parent company’s financial liability when the plant shuts down.
Ooops!
Looks like the STATE OFFICIALS didn't like being LIED TO, either!
NO ONE DOES!!!!!
Entergy, in a statement, said that it was disappointed by Douglas’s decision but is conducting an investigation “to get to the bottom of how and why the company provided conflicting information to state officials.’’
PFFFFFFFFFTTT!!!!!!!
The Brattleboro-based New England Coalition, longtime critics of nuclear energy, said the buried-pipe problem at Vermont Yankee underscores a far larger one for the nation - its nuclear plants are old. “It is the canary in the coal mine,’’ said coalition codirector Clay Turnbull.
And this is ALREADY a BAD PLACE to LIVE!
Now it is going to get EVEN WORSE!!!!!
And when SUNGLASSES NOTICES the problem , you know it is damn serious!!!
