A Minnesota utility began shutting down a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis on Friday after discovering water containing radioactive material was leaking from a pipe.
While the utility and health officials say it is not dangerous, the issue has prompted concerns among nearby residents and raised questions about aging pipelines. of water containing tritium had leaked.
The temporary closure could be out of an abundance of caution, “or it could be a sign they don’t know how bad the problem is, and they need to do a deep dive to find out what’s going on,” he said.Clark said the tritium isn’t a risk to drinking water in Monticello or the nearby city of Becker, saying the cities take their water from different areas of the Mississippi River.
The director of nuclear power safety Edwin Lyman said the fact there was a second tritium leak “shines a light on the problem of maintaining aging pipelines.”It emits a weak form of beta radiation that does not travel far and cannot penetrate human skin, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
“Minnesota is known for our wildlife, and if that escapes their plant into the Mississippi, that could be very damaging.” “Now, after the media released what happened, there’s not a soul in sight, and it just takes away from the recreation and passion of fishing.”He doesn’t eat fish he catches and no longer ties his line with his teeth to avoid getting sick.
“We want to inventory the age of everything in the plant and be sure we’re dealing with whatever we need to update,” he said.
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