NUCLEAIRES !ACTUALITE NUCLEAIRE
2009
août
Radioactive Rivers and Rain:
Routine Releases of Tritiated Water From Nuclear Power Plants
ADIT
NUCLEAIRES !| By Annie Makhijani and Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
Nuclear power plants generate tritium in the course of their operation and release it both to the atmosphere and to water bodies. Tritium releases have also occurred as a result of malfunctions such as leaks (referred to by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NR C) as "unintended releases") from several nuclear power plants. One such example of leaks was at Exelon's Braidwood plant in Illinois. |
Many reactors have experienced leaks that
have not been monitored. Further, releases of tritiated water vapor from
the stacks of nuclear power plants can result in radioactive rainfall,
which can contaminate surface water bodies as well as groundwater. The
NR C does not require monitoring of rainfall or water bodies that may be
contaminated by radioactive rainfall (unless the water is otherwise required
to be monitored).
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