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Tritium Leak At Vermont Nuclear Plant Grows
mdsolar writes "The tritium leak into ground water at Vermont Yankee has now tested at 775,000 picocuries per liter, 37 times higher than the federal drinking water standard. 'Despite the much higher reading, an NRC spokeswoman said Thursday there was nothing to fear. "There's not currently, nor is there likely to be, an impact on public health or safety or the environment," the NRC's Diane Screnci said in an interview. She had maintained previously that the Environmental Protection Agency drinking water safety limit of 20,000 picocuries per liter had an abundance of caution built into it. ... The National Academy of Sciences said in 2005 that any exposure to ionizing radiation from an isotope like tritium elevates the risk of cancer, though it also said with small exposures, the risk would be low. ' At what level should the NRC shut down the troubled plant?"
I would shoot myself in the foot, but it's dark and the tritium seems to have leaked out of my gun sights....
Oh, wait...
Sent from my ASR33 using ASCII
Then its time to start making heavier water
We hear your concerns and we are instituting a remediation program immediately! You should shortly be receiving a package via USPS bulk rate. In it you will find a shovel, a radiation detection badge, and a large zippered radiation proof bag.
Directions
Take the shovel and dig a "Safety" hole three feet wide, 4 to 6 feet deep, and about as long as you are tall.
Put on the detection badge. Please wear the detection badge at all times.
You will note the badge has the words "Hell No, We Don't Glow" printed on it.
If those words fad out OR if the badge does in fact begin to glow you should take the bag and climb into the Safety Hole.
Get in the bag and zipper it up from the inside to keep the radiation out. Now lay quietly in the bottom of the Safety Hole until help arrives.
Thanks for your cooperation.
You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
Don't worry, nature has a way of balancing itself out and adapting to changes. You'll probably grow an extra cock, but you'll have extra fingers to hold it with.
Michael Reed, freelance tech writer.
How can anyone phoo phoo...
I wonder how Stewie Griffin would pronounce this.
you are, of course, completely correct. I wrote too fast.
Well I guess we'll have to change our granite countertops to something more exotic, they were starting to look nouveau riche
*sighs*
Super Cancer.
What kind of super powers do I get if I drink that water?
The super power of slightly elevated cancer risk!
I like my coffee the way I like my women - roasted and ground up into little tiny pieces.