• The radioactive isotope of hydrogen is considered unstable and radioactive . (yahoo.com)
  • Many of the radioactive materials are removed by treating the water, but a radioactive isotope of hydrogen called tritium persists. (earth.com)
  • An Associated Press investigation in 2009 showed three-quarters of America's 65 nuclear plant sites have leaked tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen that poses the greatest risk of causing cancer when it ends up in drinking water. (emirates247.com)
  • Tritium is a radioactive form of hydrogen. (healthvermont.org)
  • Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is a byproduct of the production of electricity at nuclear plants. (sciencealert.com)
  • Tritium, which is a radioactive form of hydrogen, has leaked from at least 48 of 65 sites, according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission records reviewed as part of the AP's yearlong examination of safety issues at aging nuclear power plants. (foxnews.com)
  • Tritium also known as hydrogen-3 is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with a half-life of about 12 years. (iceshanty.com)
  • Cylenchar's patent pending CyAspis® system can isolate and act to concentrate hydrogen isotopes such as tritium, whilst at the same time precipitating caesium and strontium radio-nucleotides, binding them into a stable matrix. (blogspot.com)
  • Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, often falling into a xenon tank, breaks down and releases an electron. (newizv.ru)
  • Tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen, is created at measureable levels every second of every day from the bombardment of cosmic radiation with our upper atmosphere. (uchicago.edu)
  • The one sample that measured 215 times the local tritium background level is 22 percent lower than the drinking-water standard for tritium as set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is 0.00000002 Curies per liter (or 6.2 parts per trillion tritium to hydrogen). (uchicago.edu)
  • Tritium is essentially a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that emits beta particles as it decays. (blogspot.com)
  • Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. (saveelsobrante.com)
  • Tritium is a radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen. (forumrating.com)
  • Technically, all food is slightly radioactive because it contains the elements carbon, hydrogen, and potassium. (sciencenotes.org)
  • Naturally occurring isotopes (tritium, carbon-14, strontium isotope ratio, and stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen of water), and dissolved noble gases also were measured to help identify the sources and ages of the sampled groundwater. (usgs.gov)
  • Purification devices set up at the site are able to remove most of the radioactive materials from this water, except for tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that can't be removed for "technical reasons. (radiationscience.com)
  • Last month, while preparing a reactor for refueling, workers accidentally spilled some contaminated water, containing the radioactive hydrogen isotope tritium, causing a massive radiation spike in groundwater monitoring wells, with one well's radioactivity increasing by as much as 65,000 percent. (video1news.com)
  • The contaminated water contained tritium, an isotope of hydrogen that produces low levels of radiation, and is commonly created in the operation of nuclear power plants. (tokenbyte.net)
  • Common radioactive foods contain potassium-40, radium, or radon (the immediate daughter isotope of radium). (sciencenotes.org)
  • In Burke County, Georgia, environmental samples contained tritium, cesium-137, strontium-90, plutonium, iodine 129, cobalt-60, according to a recent report by Georgia WAND on "Community Impacts at the Crossroads of Nuclear and Climate Injustices in the U.S. South. (atlantaprogressivenews.com)
  • For example, cesium-137 turned up with tritium at the Fort Calhoun nuclear unit near Omaha, Neb. (foxnews.com)
  • What is also present in the Fukushima wastewater include other radioactive materials: cesium-137, iodine-129, and cobalt-60, etc. (greenpeace.org)
  • But the most recent leak, however, according to an assessment by the New York Department of State as part of its Coastal Zone Management Assessment, contains a variety of radioactive elements such as strontium-90, cesium-137, cobalt-60, and nickel-63, and isn't limited to tritium contamination. (video1news.com)
  • Radioactive cesium-137, strontium-90, plutonium-239 and tritium, along with a mix of other toxic chemicals and heavy metals, are known to have been released at the industrial site through various spills, leaks, the use of open-air burn pits and a partial nuclear meltdown. (dmirix.ru)
  • Officials will continue measuring tritium levels in both water and fish each time treated wastewater from the Fukushima plant is released into the ocean. (yahoo.com)
  • The leak occurred after a drain overflowed during a maintenance exercise while workers were transferring water, which has high levels of radioactive contamination, said Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (emirates247.com)
  • The operator of a nuclear facility in Minnesota said on Thursday the plant suffered a leak last November of water containing radioactive tritium, but that contamination was largely limited to the plant itself. (sciencealert.com)
  • Have you heard about the recent tritium leak in New Jersey? (polizeros.com)
  • The leak involved a substantial amount of Tritium contaminated water that leaked from a Nuclear Power Plant in Minnesota. (iceshanty.com)
  • Governor Cuomo had this to say about the Indian Point nuclear facility leak and the level of radioactivity contamination. (inquisitr.com)
  • The Indian Point nuclear plant leak happened after a drain overflowed when maintenance workers were transferring water with "high levels of radioactive contamination," according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) representative Neil Sheehan. (inquisitr.com)
  • A statement about the radioactive leak at the Indian Point plant issued by the Entergy corporation said that the elevated tritium levels found in the three monitoring wells were not in "accordance" with company standards. (inquisitr.com)
  • Of course, the tritium leak is the ninth in just the past year, four of which were serious enough to shut down the reactors. (video1news.com)
  • Tritium levels from the Monticello leak are well below safety thresholds set by the NRC, and the plant is not breaking regulations, according to Viktoria Mitlyng, a spokeswoman for the NRC. (tokenbyte.net)
  • Fish samples from the ocean around Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex are registering normal and do not contain radioactive contaminants after the discharge of treated wastewater from the plant, officials said Saturday. (yahoo.com)
  • The Japanese government is searching for a way to dispose of over one million tons of radioactive water, and one proposed solution is to dump the contaminated water into the ocean. (earth.com)
  • 9 years after an earthquake and tsunami caused nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, TEPCO has 1 million+ tons of radioactive water it may release into the ocean. (dianuke.org)
  • To date, none of these wells have shown contamination with tritium or other radionuclides that would be associated with a nuclear reactor. (healthvermont.org)
  • This contaminated water contains 860 trillion becquerels of tritium, which by nature cannot be removed by the ALPS multi-nuclide removal system, as well as 60 other radionuclides that remain after treatment. (mothersforpeace.org)
  • the contaminated water generated by the Fukushima disaster has come into direct contact with contamination from the melted down cores of three reactors and as such is severely contaminated with many radionuclides. (greenpeace.org)
  • The Japanese government claimed the wastewater treated through the ALPS processing technology would be free of any radionuclides except tritium, which is the only radionuclide to be discharged into the Ocean. (greenpeace.org)
  • The amount of radionuclides such as tritium that exists in our "background" varies somewhat depending upon where we live. (uchicago.edu)
  • Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • The Japanese government did not detect any amount of tritium in the first fish samples taken in the water around the damaged plant. (yahoo.com)
  • An aerial picture of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its tanks containing radioactive water in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the day before treated water began being released into the ocean. (yahoo.com)
  • China on Thursday suspended all seafood imports from Japan ahead of the water discharge, citing the possibility of tritium contamination. (yahoo.com)
  • An estimated 80 percent of storage space is dedicated to holding tritium water. (earth.com)
  • Forests have been leveled to accommodate the storage of tritium water tanks. (earth.com)
  • Government researchers reported in June 2016 that releasing tritium water into the ocean would be the fastest and cheapest of the five disposal methods they identified. (earth.com)
  • Other ideas were to release the radioactive water by evaporation, store it underground, release the water after electrolysis, or to inject it into geological layers. (earth.com)
  • Currently, the tritium water produced at Fukushima is ten times the national limit of contamination to be dumped into the ocean. (earth.com)
  • According to marine expert Ken Buesseler, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Japan and TEPCO have "been only partially successful and only partially transparent" as they begin dumping some 350 million gallons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. (beyondnuclear.org)
  • The water was contaminated by direct contact with the melted radioactive cores of the ruined Fukushima nuclear reactors that it was used to cool. (beyondnuclear.org)
  • Buesseler is worried that the public and scientists aren't being told just how radioactive the water is because not all of the data from all of the tanks has been released. (beyondnuclear.org)
  • from cosmic radiation (from the sun and adapted from (NCRP1987a) stars), another 8% from terrestrial sources (radioactive material in rocks and soil), and 11% from internal sources (radioactive materials, primarily potassium-40, from food and water consumed in the daily diet). (cdc.gov)
  • An apparent overflow at a nuclear power plant north of New York City spilled highly radioactive water into an underground monitoring well, but nuclear regulators said the public isn't at risk. (emirates247.com)
  • Officials at the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, 40 miles north of Manhattan, reported on Friday that water contaminated by tritium leaked into the groundwater under the facility. (emirates247.com)
  • A federal oversight agency issued a report after about 100,000 gallons of tritium-tainted water entered the groundwater supply in 2009, and elevated levels of tritium also were found in two monitoring wells at the plant in 2014. (emirates247.com)
  • For example, poor radioactive waste disposal practices throughout the Cold War threaten some of the most important water resources in the United States. (armscontrol.org)
  • Most tritium in the environment is in the form of tritiated water, which easily moves about in the atmosphere, bodies of water, and in soil and rock. (healthvermont.org)
  • If you are a Vernon resident or are interested in having your well water tested for tritium, the laboratories listed below can test private well water for tritium. (healthvermont.org)
  • This is evidence that radioisotopes, in addition to tritium, washed out of the AOG pipe tunnel into the environment with the leaking nuclear reactor water. (healthvermont.org)
  • Officials acknowledged last month for the first time that the plant has been leaking radioactive water into the ocean for some time. (manufacturing.net)
  • While the extent of sea contamination remains unknown, TEPCO has estimated that up to 40 trillion becquerels of radioactive tritium, a water soluble element that can affect DNA but is believed to be less dangerous than cesium or strontium, might have leaked into the sea over the past two years. (manufacturing.net)
  • We petition Tepco and the Japanese government to go back to the drawing boards and undertake a fundamental reassessment of measures to address the radioactive water contamination at the Fukushima Daiichi site including the issues of the "ice wall" and water containing tritium. (change.org)
  • We petition the Japanese government to promptly disclose all information not just in Japanese but in multiple languages related to radioactive water contamination due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. (change.org)
  • Contaminated water from Unit 2's large object carry-in facility roof-top is suspected as the source of the contamination. (change.org)
  • A draft copy of Indian Point's investigation into tritium leaking beneath the Unit 2 reactor says it's best not to pump radioactive water. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • Owners of the Indian Point nuclear power station say the best way to deal with radioactive water leaking beneath the Westchester County plant is to leave the isotopes alone, and let nature take its course. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • During a four-hour update yesterday on efforts to find and patch sources of tritium and strontium-90 in ground water, plant engineers outlined plans they said will focus on monitoring, and make cleanup unnecessary. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • That discovery led engineers to find low-levels of tritium-laced ground water beneath the pool. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • 2. Sign this petition to oppose the dumping of radioactive water, and share it with others. (mothersforpeace.org)
  • Since the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which began March 11, 2011, highly contaminated water of various radioactive materials has accumulated at the site. (mothersforpeace.org)
  • The Japanese government claims that the radioactive water will be duly treated and diluted so that it is safe. (mothersforpeace.org)
  • It is the minimum duty for the Tokyo Electric Company to safely store the contaminated water, a product of its own accident, in order to prevent further contamination. (mothersforpeace.org)
  • The contaminants of the massive quantities of nuclear water will include radioactive isotopes such as cesium, tritium, cobalt and carbon-12 and may take from 12 to 30 years to decay. (dianuke.org)
  • The Japanese government intends to proceed with its plan for environmental release of radioactive contaminated water that has been accumulating since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011. (dianuke.org)
  • Federal regulators set a limit for how much tritium is allowed in drinking water. (foxnews.com)
  • The main health risk from tritium, though, would be in drinking water. (foxnews.com)
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says tritium should measure no more than 20,000 picocuries per liter in drinking water. (foxnews.com)
  • From the article, it sound like the leaks were contained on site with no contamination of ground water. (iceshanty.com)
  • A Quick Read on the radioactive water in Fukushima - What makes it different? (greenpeace.org)
  • The Japanese government has decided to discharge over 1.25 million metric tonnes of radioactive water now stored at the site of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant into the Pacific Ocean, posing a significant threat to the marine ecosystem and human health. (greenpeace.org)
  • The contaminated water of Fukushima is distinguished from other nuclear power plants not only by its greater variety of radioactive materials but also the overall much higher radioactivity . (greenpeace.org)
  • According to the latest report by the Japanese government, there are 62 1 radioactive isotopes were found in the existing nuclear water tanks in Fukushima, among which concentration of a radiouchile called tritium reached about 860 TBq 2 - an alarming level that far exceeds the acceptable norm. (greenpeace.org)
  • An enormous amount of strontium-90 remains in the Fukushima nuclear plant, a radioactive material which in general is found in trace amounts in water discharged to the environment from normal operating nuclear plants. (greenpeace.org)
  • Highly soluble in water and with half life of 29 years (the time required for an amount of radiation to reduce to half of its original value), strontium-90 remains radioactive in the environment, gradually gets into our food chain, enters our bodies and can cause irreversible harm to our health. (greenpeace.org)
  • There are roughly 1,000 tanks holding billions of gallons of hot radioactive water that are leaking and could collapse in a large earthquake. (blogspot.com)
  • A) Dumping radioactive water raises the acidity of the ocean - along with other things. (blogspot.com)
  • No matter how small the Japanese government believes this contamination will be of their water and food, there is an unquestionable obligation to consult with potentially affected indigenous peoples that it has not met. (kyodonews.net)
  • Although it appears the increased tritium can be attributed to cooling canals at the Turkey Point nuclear plant, the elevated tritium samples are from only four isolated, artificial, deep trenches and not representative of water in the bay, much less water extracted for drinking. (uchicago.edu)
  • This drinking-water standard for tritium was determined from an acceptable annual dose of four millirem that one would receive by drinking water at this maximum allowable contamination level every day for a year. (uchicago.edu)
  • This information is offered in comparison to the four millirem one would receive if one were to drink water for a year at the maximum allowable tritium level allowed. (uchicago.edu)
  • Capt Stagner's data suggest that open water in the county, especially smaller bodies of water, such as lakes and swimming pools, may have become contaminated with tritium. (blogspot.com)
  • Below you will find a letter sent by Capt. Stagner to the Director of the City of Phoenix Parks about the radioactive tritium contaminating water sources in Maricopa County, including the lake at Encanto Park. (blogspot.com)
  • Tritium soaring in water at No. 1 plant (July 2013): 'A Nuclear Regulation Authority official recently said contaminated groundwater from the plant, which is being fed cooling water from outside, may be seeping into the ocean and that the matter must be addressed carefully because data is limited. (saveelsobrante.com)
  • The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday it strongly suspects highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is seeping into the ground and contaminating the Pacific Ocean. (saveelsobrante.com)
  • A power plant leaking radioactive water in New York is sparking nuclear disaster concerns. (inquisitr.com)
  • Jaffee said that she was not only worried about safety in communities surrounding the Buchanan nuclear facility but also about the impact the radioactive water could have on the environment. (inquisitr.com)
  • Some drinking water is slightly radioactive, depending on its source. (sciencenotes.org)
  • Common radioactive foods usually get their radioisotopes from the soil, although it's also possible to absorb isotopes with water. (sciencenotes.org)
  • Food and water made radioactive due to man-made contamination may be unsafe to eat or drink. (sciencenotes.org)
  • There's almost no more room for anymore storage tanks at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) nuclear reactor site in Fukushima, Japan, which means that very soon there won't be any way to dispose of the ever-growing amount of treated water , also known as tritium water, that continues to accumulate within the disaster area. (radiationscience.com)
  • Consequently, tritium-contaminated water continues to increase, despite the fact that there's increasingly no where to put it. (radiationscience.com)
  • While tritium is naturally occurring in nature, and can be found in the ocean, in rivers, and even in tap water, the amount of it being generated at Fukushima is far too high for safety. (radiationscience.com)
  • Since June 2016, this working group has come up with four other ideas for the disposal of tritium water that include releasing it through evaporation or following hydrolysis, burying it underground, and injecting it into geological layers. (radiationscience.com)
  • Meanwhile, many warn that beginning to dump tritium water into the ocean is a bad idea, especially as Fukushima's fishing industry is only just now beginning to revive itself. (radiationscience.com)
  • According to Entergy, the tritium contaminated water spill was contained within the plant, and never reached the Hudson or any other water source. (video1news.com)
  • A federal report in 2007 acknowledged that two wells sourced by the water company were at risk of contamination from the site. (dmirix.ru)
  • Radioactive elements can be introduced into water via medical treatments, including radioactive iodine used to treat thyroid disorders. (dmirix.ru)
  • The nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG, a partner in this reporting project) estimates that drinking water for more than 170 million Americans in all 50 states "contains radioactive elements at levels that may increase the risk of cancer. (dmirix.ru)
  • In their analysis of public water system data collected between 2010 and 2015, EWG focused on six radioactive contaminants, including radium, radon and uranium. (dmirix.ru)
  • While ingesting radioactive elements through drinking contaminated water is not the only route of human exposure, it is a major risk pathway, says Daniel Hirsch, a retired University of California, Santa Cruz, professor who has studied the Santa Susana Field Laboratory contamination. (dmirix.ru)
  • Health advocates express concern that the government is not doing enough to protect the public from these and other risks associated with exposure to radioactive contamination in drinking water. (dmirix.ru)
  • The legal limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for several types of radioactive elements in community water systems have not been updated since 1976. (dmirix.ru)
  • [6] Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said leaks are an issue for aging plants because tritium so easily mixes into water. (tokenbyte.net)
  • Xcel could build above-ground storage tanks or install a retention pond to store water containing tritium that has been collected during ongoing recovery activities. (tokenbyte.net)
  • The company expects to gradually release up to 22 trillion becquerels of tritium per year from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station over the next 20 or 30 years. (yahoo.com)
  • Japan has plans to dump more than 1.28 million metric tons of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant beginning in the spring of 2023. (mothersforpeace.org)
  • Our most recent concern is how the government used the COVID-19 crisis to dramatically accelerate its timeline for deciding whether to dump radioactive wastewater accumulating at Fukushima Daiichi in the ocean. (kyodonews.net)
  • Setting aside the duties incumbent on Japan to consult and protect under international law, it saddens me to think that a country that has suffered the horrors of being the only country on which not one but two nuclear bombs were dropped during war, would continue on a such a path in dealing with the radioactive aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. (kyodonews.net)
  • There has been a history of groundwater contamination at Indian Point. (emirates247.com)
  • On January 7, 2010, the Health Department was notified by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station that samples taken from a groundwater monitoring well on site at the plant contained tritium. (healthvermont.org)
  • BRACEVILLE, Ill. - Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows. (foxnews.com)
  • and put the highest priority on implementing countermeasures, NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a meeting of the body's commissioners after they had examined recent studies carried out on groundwater samples at the plant that detected high levels of cesium, tritium and other radioactive contamination. (saveelsobrante.com)
  • The groundwater samples were analyzed for a large number of synthetic organic constituents (volatile organic compounds [VOC], pesticides and pesticide degradates, and pharmaceutical compounds), constituents of special interest (perchlorate and N -nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA]), naturally occurring inorganic constituents (nutrients, major and minor ions, and trace elements), radioactive constituents, and microbial indicators. (usgs.gov)
  • Field blanks rarely contained detectable concentrations of any constituent, suggesting that data for the groundwater samples were not compromised by possible contamination during sample collection, handling or analysis. (usgs.gov)
  • Buchanan, NY - An uncontrollable radioactive flow from the Indian Point nuclear power plant continues leaking into groundwater, which leads to the Hudson River, raising the specter of a Fukushima-like disaster only 25 miles from New York City. (video1news.com)
  • We all receive nuclear radiation continuously from many sources, such as radioactive radon gas, radioactivity found in soils and construction material, smoke detectors in our homes and all food we consume. (uchicago.edu)
  • According to officials, the radioactivity contamination has remained an onsite problem and does not pose a threat to the public. (inquisitr.com)
  • Normal radioactive food is no big deal, but some food gets its radioactivity from proximity to a nuclear test or nuclear accident site. (sciencenotes.org)
  • The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission sent a representative to the Indian Point plant, Neil Sheehan, who told CBS News that the NRC is continuing to review the recent tritium leakage at Indian Point. (video1news.com)
  • Tritium is relatively short-lived and penetrates the body weakly through the air compared to other radioactive contaminants. (foxnews.com)
  • Neighboring countries are already concerned about the release of large volumes of radioactive tritium and other contaminants in the wastewater. (kyodonews.net)
  • Since August 2005, plant engineers have worked to characterize the source and extent of two radioactive leaks beneath the riverside reactors. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • By themselves the radioactive leaks might not pose much of a cleanup problem. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • Compared to the plant's legal discharge limit - about 1,800 curies of tritium annually, for example - the leaks are barely a measurable drop in the bucket. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • So far, federal and industry officials say, the tritium leaks pose no health threat. (foxnews.com)
  • The tritium leaks also have spurred doubts among independent engineers about the reliability of emergency safety systems at the 104 nuclear reactors situated on the 65 sites. (foxnews.com)
  • Tritium is released by nuclear power plants, routinely (see http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43475479/ns/us_news-environment/t/radioactive-tritium-leaks-found-us-nuke-sites/#.UAZNT6N0jwk ). (blogspot.com)
  • These include putting high-level liquid radioactive wastes from reprocessing into tanks that have leaked a million gallons into the ground near the Columbia River and dumping plutonium-laden wastes into unlined pits above Snake River Plain Aquifer, southeastern Idaho's sole source aquifer. (armscontrol.org)
  • For perspective, one part per trillion is equivalent to about one drop of tritium inside an Olympic-sized swimming pool that contains 288,000 gallons. (uchicago.edu)
  • Foods that are radioactive from radium or radon could pose more of a risk because ingesting these isotopes exposes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines to alpha particles . (sciencenotes.org)
  • Tepco, the Japanese government, and the Nuclear Regulation Authority have continuously failed to undertake effective countermeasures to deal with liquid radioactive discharges. (change.org)
  • A recent study measured elevated tritium concentrations in Biscayne Bay with one sample having 215 times that of the background level. (uchicago.edu)
  • Monitoring identical radioactive isotopes at both locations resulted in concentrations at the Phoenix station being 82.5 per cent of those measured at Phoenix/956. (blogspot.com)
  • Strontium-90 was discovered with tritium two years earlier at the Indian Point nuclear power complex, where two reactors operate 25 miles north of New York City. (foxnews.com)
  • This is currently being stored and/or dumped into the ocean containing radioactive cesium, tritium, and strontium. (blogspot.com)
  • At a fourth site, in New Jersey, tritium has leaked into an aquifer and a discharge canal feeding picturesque Barnegat Bay off the Atlantic Ocean. (foxnews.com)
  • Officials said then the contamination likely stemmed from an earlier maintenance shutdown. (emirates247.com)
  • It ended up being an unintentional underground release of radioactive material. (healthvermont.org)
  • This report is actually the 'Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report' submitted as required by Federal regulations (10 CFR 50.36a). (nrc.gov)
  • Although the soil at Vermont Yankee has been contaminated with radioactive materials, there is no known exposure or risk to the public. (healthvermont.org)
  • Vermont Yankee has been generating radioactive waste in our state for nearly forty years and is scheduled to shut down in 2012. (nukebusters.org)
  • As the extensive tritium contamination at Vermont Yankee has shown, nuclear reactor sites become extremely contaminated over the life of the plant. (nukebusters.org)
  • A range of detection systems - for monitoring radioactive and thermal emissions - have also been assessed for nuclear sites and waste repository use. (euramet.org)
  • Investigating the problem, however, is made difficult due to the very high levels of radiation around the reactor buildings, and thus the source of the contamination has not been identified. (change.org)
  • While regulators have concluded contamination is reaching the Hudson, and state scientists plan to expand fish sampling this summer, they say the levels of radiation are miniscule and pose no threat to public health. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • Tritium is a radioactive substance that accumulates in the body and causes internal radiation exposure. (mothersforpeace.org)
  • Tritium is one of the least dangerous radio nuclides because it emits very weak radiation and leaves the body relatively quick. (iceshanty.com)
  • Here's a list of 10 radioactive foods and how much exposure to radiation you get from them. (sciencenotes.org)
  • At high levels, the radiation produced by radioactive elements can trigger birth defects, impair development and cause cancer in almost any part of the body. (dmirix.ru)
  • Buesseler consults with Island Nations that have suffered historic radioactive pollution and exposure from above ground atomic testing and don't want further risk. (beyondnuclear.org)
  • They contain radioactive cesium equivalent to 14,000 times what was released at the bombing of Hiroshima. (blogspot.com)
  • The occasion we ingest these radioactive materials is mainly through consuming contaminated seafood. (greenpeace.org)
  • This will also pose a severe risk to athletes and spectators through inhaling insoluble radioactive particles floating in the air . (uchicago.edu)
  • Ensuring the containers used can withstand the heat generated by their contents and monitoring the store for environmental releases of radioactive gases pose long term challenges for current measurement techniques. (euramet.org)
  • On September 29, 1957, at 4:20 p.m., an enormous explosion in a tank containing highly radioactive waste occurred in the Mayak nuclear weapons plant in the southern Ural mountains of the Soviet Union. (armscontrol.org)
  • オンライン署名 · Stop Radioactive Contamination of the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant site! (change.org)
  • The ' Environmental Report ' lists the measurements of radioactive materials found in the environment surrounding the power plant. (nrc.gov)
  • The declaration comes after Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Friday none of the radioactive element was detectable in seawater samples. (yahoo.com)
  • On a regular basis, samples are collected around the power station to test for radioactive contamination. (healthvermont.org)
  • Yet sometimes bee monitors turn up confusing results: In a three-year study at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1994 to 1996, bees placed in hives around a radioactive waste lagoon known to contain six radioactive compounds showed consistent signs of contamination from four. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Consequently,an annual tritium concentration from 1985 through 1994 and an annual rainfall average for Phoenix were used to calculate the average annual tritium concentration from 1995 through 2010. (blogspot.com)
  • The International Chernobyl project : surface contamination maps. (who.int)
  • The first generation of nuclear power plants are due for decommissioning, a process that is expected to cost 150 billion Euro and will generate large volumes of highly radioactive waste. (euramet.org)
  • It is unacceptable to the people of Japan that radioactive contamination is continuing in our oceans. (change.org)
  • Leaving the contamination in the ground is unacceptable, because they basically mean you're going to leave it in the ground to leach into the Hudson River," Musegaas said. (ipsecinfo.org)
  • These radioactive materials would accumulate in the marine food chain for long periods, potentially seriously damaging biological cells and even their survival for over thousands of years . (greenpeace.org)
  • A spokesman for Entergy Corp., the New Orleans-based company that operates Indian Point, said the overflow was 'likely the cause of the elevated tritium levels. (emirates247.com)
  • Last year, Tokyo Electric said it would raise seafood at the Fukushima site in order to dispel rumors about contamination. (yahoo.com)
  • The contamination has remained contained to the site, said Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ordered the state's environmental conservation and health departments to investigate. (emirates247.com)
  • The very first nuclear test on July 16, 1945, led to severe fallout and hot spots of radioactive contamination 32 kilometers from the site. (armscontrol.org)
  • The annual average used for the Encanto Lake was determined by an adjustment to the concentration of the annual tritium concentration at the Phoenix site due to the Encanto Lake proximity to Phoenix/956. (blogspot.com)
  • an assessment of radioactive materials that may be present inside a person's body through analysis of the person's blood, urine, feces, or sweat. (cdc.gov)
  • Tritium moves through soil quickly, and when it is detected it often indicates the presence of more powerful radioactive isotopes that are often spilled at the same time. (foxnews.com)