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Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station radiation leak – source is found

Exelon locates source of radiation leak at Peach Bottom, YDR.com  Officials say the tritium posed no health risk By Brett Sholtis bsholtis@ydr.com @BrettSholtis on Twitter 06/19/2015 

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. On April 17, 2015, Exelon detected a level of tritium in excess of the EPA-recommended guidelines. Exelon has located the source of the leak and is taking steps to correct the problem. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the tritium poses no health or environmental risk. (FILE — YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS)

Exelon Corporation has located the source of a water leak that led to elevated levels of tritium in a groundwater well at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. Peach Bottom spokeswoman Krista Connelly declined to specify the source of the leak, but confirmed that they have located it………

Paul Gunter, a director at public interest group Beyond Nuclear, said the tritium points to a larger problem of recurring leaks, which the industry doesn’t take seriously. “This is a one-off measurement in one well,” Gunter said. “It doesn’t say how much got out. This is what they detected at that one point.”….http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_28347377/exelon-locates-source-radiation-leak-at-peach-bottom

June 20, 2015 - Posted by | incidents, USA

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