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Efforts to clean up radioactive Tritium leak at Oyster Creek nuclear plant

Nuclear plant cleaning up tritium, APP.com | Asbury Park Press, By BOB VOSSELLER   September 13, 2010 — The state Department of Environmental Protection on Monday announced the start of a tritium cleanup at Oyster Creek Generating Station.The first phase of a cleanup of radioactive tritium that leaked from the Forked River power plant owned by Exelon Nuclear last year was outlined by DEP Commissioner Bob Martin and Exelon officials…….The plan also calls for continued monitoring of the content of the water pulled from the ground, and observation of groundwater levels in the area near the nuclear plant. Contaminated water will be pumped into drums and transferred to a large holding tank on site, to be diluted into massive volumes of water used for cooling the power-generating process, which will bring the tritium levels below detectable standards….

Nuclear plant cleaning up tritium | APP.com | Asbury Park Press

September 14, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes