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Nuclear plant workers release unknown amount of radioactive tritium into Mississippi River Friday, May 06, 2011 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer Learn more: <http://www.naturalnews.com/032303_tritium_nuclear_power_plant.html#ixzz1MLQ x0BLg> http://www.naturalnews.com/032303_tritium_nuclear_power_plant.html#ixzz1MLQx 0BLg (NaturalNews) Workers at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant in Port Gibson, Miss., last Thursday released a large amount of radioactive tritium directly into the Mississippi River, according to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and experts are currently trying to sort out the situation. An investigation is currently underway to determine why the tritium was even present in standing water found in an abandoned unit of the plant, as well as how much of this dangerous nuclear byproduct ended up getting dumped into the river. Many also want to know why workers <http://www.naturalnews.com/workers.html> released the toxic tritium before conducting proper tests. The Mississippi Natchez Democrat reports that crews first discovered the radioactive <http://www.naturalnews.com/radioactive.html> water in the plant's Unit 2 turbine building after heavy rains began hitting the area last week. Unit 2 was a partially-constructed, abandoned structure that should not have contained any radioactive materials, let alone tritium, which is commonly used to manufacture nuclear <http://www.naturalnews.com/nuclear.html> weapons and test atomic bombs (http://www.nirs.org/radiation/triti... <http://www.nirs.org/radiation/tritium/tritiumhome.htm> ). According to reports, alarms began to go off as workers were releasing the radioactive storm water <http://www.naturalnews.com/water.html> into the river, which engaged the stop flow on the release pump. Neither NRC nor plant officials know how much tritium was released into the river during this release. "Although concentrations of tritium exceeded EPA drinking water limits, the release should not represent a hazard to public health <http://www.naturalnews.com/health.html> because of its dilution in the river," insisted Lara Uselding, public affairs officer at NRC Region IV, to reporters. Such a statement, of course, is a health concern because precise levels of released tritium are unknown. Just because the radioactive substance has been diluted does not necessarily mean it is harmless, nor does it verify the substance's source or whether or not it is still being unknowingly released. Without this crucial information, there is no telling where else tritium might be lurking around the plant and river. A beta radioactive substance, tritium bombards cells and damages DNA when inhaled or swallowed, and can persist in the body for more than ten years upon exposure. Its perpetual effect on cells can lead to all sorts of serious diseases, including, but not limited to, gene mutations, birth defects, and cancer. Learn more: <http://www.naturalnews.com/032303_tritium_nuclear_power_plant.html#ixzz1MLQ rYLsy> http://www.naturalnews.com/032303_tritium_nuclear_power_plant.html#ixzz1MLQr YLsy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
