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Are Safer Reactors Possible?

June 17, 2011 by Charles Barton
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Critics of nuclear power argue that all reactors are inherently dangerous, and point to nuclear accidents such as Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima as evidence of the danger. The primary worry about nuclear power stems from the release of radioactive fission products, and other radioactive materials that are produced... [read more]

How much tritium leaked from Vermont Yankee before the leak was stopped?

March 13, 2010 by Rod Adams
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A good friend asked me the title question for this blog during the week. The question intrigued me enough to encourage some digging and computations. I would be interested in any questions that you have about the assumptions. Based on reading a number of different articles and checking through the tables provided by the Vermont... [read more]

Vermont Health Department Reports One Leak Source Found at Vermont Yankee; All Samples For Isotopes Other Than Tritium are Natural Background

March 8, 2010 by Rod Adams
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The Vermont Department of Health has a well organized page detailing the results of the search for the source(s) of tritiated water leaks at Vermont Yankee. It includes regular updates, site maps and detailed sample results. Based on an update dated March 5, 2010, a remotely operated pipe inspecting vehicle has helped workers discover... [read more]

Sometimes The Best Defense is a Good Offense - Comparing Tritium Leaks to a Methane Leak

February 10, 2010 by Rod Adams
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One of my frustrations with the nuclear establishment is the fact that the standard response to criticism to to politely accept it and promise to do better. That response is offered whether or not the criticism is valid or not. It also is accepted in isolation without an understanding of scale or comparison to competitive ways of... [read more]

Comparing A Leak of Tritium That Causes A Flurry to Two Oil Leaks That Are Virtually Ignored

January 27, 2010 by Rod Adams
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Several of my regular sources of information about the happenings associated with nuclear energy, including John Wheeler's This Week In Nuclear and Meredith Angwin's Yes Vermont Yankee have published stories about the recent flurry of news regarding the discovery of tritium in ground water on the site of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power... [read more]

Tritium: Fuel for Antinuclear Reactions

January 22, 2010 by John Wheeler
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Fast Fission Podcast #22 – Get the MP3 File Here There is a political and public relations cauldron boiling in Vermont over a recently discovered tritium leak at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.   Tritium is a mildly radioactive isotope of hydrogen and has a 10 day biological half-life when it is ingested by humans.  The... [read more]