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Vermont Nuke Plant continues to leak Radioactivity. ( Haven't heard about it yet huh?)
New York Times via Barrys Obamanation Blog ^ | 2-7-10 | Jesse Ellis

Posted on 02/07/2010 8:55:11 AM PST by 51773photo

BarrysObamanation.com


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: nuke; radioactivity; vermont; yankee

1 posted on 02/07/2010 8:55:11 AM PST by 51773photo
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2 posted on 02/07/2010 8:57:15 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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Is this just a blog pimp post?


3 posted on 02/07/2010 8:57:55 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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4 posted on 02/07/2010 8:58:47 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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Maybe that explains Howard Dean’s bizarre behavior, politics and beliefs.


5 posted on 02/07/2010 9:00:03 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Pork Eating CRUSADER - FUBO! Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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BS, you know the clowns in NH could just force Vermont Yankee to shut down and freeze. No, I guess it’s just easier to bitch about the situation.


6 posted on 02/07/2010 9:00:58 AM PST by WHBates
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Thats what I was thinking...


7 posted on 02/07/2010 9:01:47 AM PST by e_castillo
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From TBO.COM

VY plant officials said Friday they found tritium levels in the sump pit that are three times higher than those recently found in groundwater samples...2.7 microcurries per liter...

IOW's they have found miniscule amounts of tritium and are investigating. There is no public health hazard from these levels.

8 posted on 02/07/2010 9:04:33 AM PST by AndyJackson
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IIRC, tritium has a half life of 12 years. That’s hardly blazing-hot radiation. It’s also a very low-energy beta emitter. If it is in water, I doubt that any radiation has the energy to actually escape the water, and the only way to detect it is through scintillation counting.

Or, in emotional liberal-speak: Vermont is DOOMED!!!!


9 posted on 02/07/2010 9:23:52 AM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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Rocky Flats Nuclear plant outside of Boulder Colorado lost 65 pounds of Plutonium over the years and you seldom hear about that.
10 posted on 02/07/2010 9:28:36 AM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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Confirmed...a Blog Pimp...


11 posted on 02/07/2010 11:08:20 AM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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‘blog pimp’
what is a blog pimp?
If a blogger wished to inform or show people on freerepublic an article or news item, in what section should it be shown? I selected ‘Bloggers and Personal’ because Since I was referencing a blog, it only made sense. The screen caps of the stories, I have found a necessary evil because often times the stories are pulled, leaving no way to view that which I referenced.
So maybe I am missing something here.
Could you please explain what the term indicates, and if it is something that is ‘not done’ then I will try not to do it again.


12 posted on 02/07/2010 12:47:02 PM PST by 51773photo
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2010/02/22/nrc_confirms_2005_tritium_leak_at_vermont_yankee_1266887898/?rss_id=Boston.com+—+Latest+news


13 posted on 02/22/2010 8:45:24 PM PST by 51773photo
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