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Nuclear plant near New York leaks waste into three wells

Nuclear plant near New York leaks waste into three wells – making the water 65,000 per cent more radioactive than normal 

• Indian Point nuclear power plant has leaked water contaminated with ‘alarming’ radioactive tritium into groundwater below facility
• Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched an investigation after learning about the levels of radioactivity at three monitoring wells
• Cuomo said the first concern is for ‘the health and safety of residents’
• Plant’s operator, Entergy Corp, said the tritium likely reached the ground at Indian Point during recent work at the site
• Entergy said contaminated water has not migrated off the site and poses no public health risk
• One well showed a nearly 65,000 per cent spike in radioactivity

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3435606/New-York-Governor-orders-probe-nuclear-plant-alarming-radioactivity-increasing-nearly-65-000-cent-contaminated-water-leaked-facility.html

February 10, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general