nuclear plants
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Nearly 50 US Nuclear Power Plants Are Leaking Tritium
Somewhere around 75 per cent of US nuclear power plants have been found leaking the radioactive element Tritium into the ground to various extents. Corroded piping buried underground seems to be the main problem, and a problem that can affect groundwater if ignored.
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Old People Line Up To Clean Radiation In Japan
Talk about a sacrifice that will warm your heart. A group of older Japanese folks are asking for permission to clean up the contaminated nuclear power station in Fukushima.
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Radioactive Water Leaking At Fukushima
Another week, another nuclear setback at Fukushima. This time, TEPCO’s noticed what appears to be contaminated water gushing out of a containment tank, Reuters reports – a development that’ll make cleaning up the facility even trickier.
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Fukushima Was Ruined By Quake Even Before The Tsunami
We’ve long assumed that the double decker disaster scenario of a massive earthquake and tsunami caused the Fukushima meltdown. Turns out, all it took was the former, which knocked out Fukushima’s cooling in less than 10 minutes.