Miss. has a nuke plant alert - radioactive element found in river

ensho

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Tue May-03-11 09:49 AM
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Miss. has a nuke plant alert - radioactive element found in river

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating after a radioactive element is found in the Mississippi river. Authorities say it started at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant in Port Gibson. They say they went to check for standing water in an abandoned unit, and found a build up of water. They decided to pump it out, and after taking a sample, they discovered the chemical "tritium" had been released into the river. Officials say the River has diluted the radioactive material, and is not causing harm to the people. Right now the incident is under investigation. There's no word on how much Tritum was pumped into the water.
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http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

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lonestarnot

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Tue May-03-11 09:55 AM
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1. Fucking A.

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crickets

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Tue May-03-11 09:55 AM
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2. But nukes are *clean* energy, right? K&R

:eyes:

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jpak

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Tue May-03-11 09:56 AM
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3. The number of US nuclear plants leaking *radioactive* tritium is in the dozens

now + 1

yup

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ensho

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Tue May-03-11 10:17 AM
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9. True

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snooper2

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Tue May-03-11 09:58 AM
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4. That's a pretty cool website...couple bored guys in Hungary

Whole bunch of airplane "incidents", not a lot of info though on those...

Even has epidemics..
Be sure not to eat here :P

Epidemic Hazard

Event date: 03.05.2011 03:02:11
Country: China, P Rep
State: Province of Shanxi
Location:Datong City

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ensho

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Tue May-03-11 10:01 AM
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5. you have a problem with Hungarians?

alert, intelligent Hungarians?

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snooper2

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Tue May-03-11 10:10 AM
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6. Shit no, I would love to live there...good everything..

Edited on Tue May-03-11 10:11 AM by snooper2

except, stay away from the Hungarian monster :P

http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/

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Poll_Blind

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Tue May-03-11 10:11 AM
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7. WTF?

:wtf:

PB

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FormerDittoHead

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Tue May-03-11 10:12 AM
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8. No big deal - just a few bananas getting catscans. Move along. n/t

Hydrogen is the future.

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marions ghost

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Tue May-03-11 10:18 AM
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10. I think these little releases

happen fairly often and then everybody goes :shrug:

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