Another Crumbling Reactor Springs a Tritium Leak

Posted by kdawson on Monday January 11, 2010 @12:59PM from the hey-the-half-life's-only-fifteen-years dept.

mdsolar writes "The decrepit nuclear reactor Vermont Yankee has sprung a radioactive leak similar to those at other poorly run reactors in Illinois (Braidwood, Byron and Dresden), Arizona (Palo Verde), and New York (Indian Point). Greenpeace noted 3 years ago that radioactive tritium leaks even threaten Champagne from France. Tritium and its decay product helium 3 are incredibly valuable and there is currently a shortage of helium 3. What, besides shutting down leaky old nuclear plants, could be done to better control release of tritium into the environment?"

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Re:WTF is up with the summary? by biryokumaru · 2010-01-11 13:14 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Is this the fucking Greenpeace sight?
No, but it is the Greenpeace site
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