Hundreds of gallons of water containing tritium leaked from a temporary fix at a Minneapolis nuclear plant. The water remains contained and has not been detected in local drinking water. Radioactive water leaks at Minneapolis nuclear plant for 2nd time:
MONTICELLO, Minn. — Water containing a radioactive material has leaked for a second time from a nuclear plant near Minneapolis and the plant will be shut down, but there is no danger to the public, the plant’s owner said Thursday.
The plant about 38 miles northwest of Minneapolis is scheduled to power down Friday so permanent repairs can begin, the company said.delay in announcing the initial leak that raised questions about public safety and transparencyThe new leak, announced a day after Xcel Energy says it was discovered, was found to be coming from a temporary fix to the original leak, the company said in a statement. This time, the leak is anticipated to be in the hundreds of gallons.
After the first leak was found in November, Xcel Energy made a short-term fix to capture water from a leaking pipe and reroute it back into the plant for re-use. The solution was designed to prevent new tritium from reaching the groundwater until installation of a replacement pipe during a regularly scheduled outage in mid-April, the company said.
Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that occurs naturally in the environment and is a common by-product of nuclear plant operations. It emits a weak form of beta radiation that does not travel far and cannot penetrate human skin, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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