[grey_whiskers]

Your username is quite ironic given the topic.

[metmom]

…. adding the water remains contained on Xcel's property and poses no immediate public health risk.

Sure…… Like we have any reason to trust anything the government or other self-serving entities have to say.

*We investigated ourselves and found no evidence of wrongdoing*.

I’ll bet.

[ronnie raygun]

funny how this week in the news they were discussing the clean abundant energy we get from nuclear as opposed to the green crap they are handing us, Some one was instructed to open the valve and cause an environmental crisis

[Chad C. Mulligan]

That’s about six or seven gasoline tank trucks’ worth, to put it in perspective.

[Tupelo]

I know! I know!
They can truck that water to East Palastine, Ohio. It is probably cleaner than what they have now.

[RoosterRedux]

Well, at least radioactive water is free from dangerous bacteria.;-)

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Curious how these environmental accidents seem to be happening all of a sudden, train crashes and now nuclear leaks.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Yep. Here come the nuclear “accidents”
Now that coal and gas are in the crosshairs and under attack...time to start Phase 3 and get after the nuke plants. Look for a good number of hydroelectric dams to have “accidents” when Phase 4 gets rolling.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

If all of the workers at Xcel Monticello were vaxxed, then this is just minor collateral damage.

[Cowman]

In an unrelated story a number of hold ups at area pizza shops appear to have been perpetrated by amphibians using martial arts.

[ConservativeInPA]

Leftist regulators are very punctual.

[momincombatboots]

Created crisis. Why can’t we have as many nuclear plants as France? The media and administration say no.. #LetThemEatCakemix. Because we let them get away the “Fossil Fuels” myth from the 1800s.

[Carl Vehse]

CBS News: "While Xcel reported the leak of water containing tritium to state and federal authorities in late November, the spill had not been made public before Thursday."

Chris Clark, president of Xcel Energy: "If at any point there had been concern for the public safety, we would of course, immediately have provided more information."

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency spokesman Michael Rafferty: "We knew there was a presence of tritium in one monitoring well, however Xcel had not yet identified the source of the leak and its location."

Minnesota Department of Health website: "The EPA safe drinking water concentration for tritium is 20,000 picocuries/liter. It is not expected or likely that this concentration would be exceeded as a result of this event."

None of these organizations or their mouthpieces reported the actual tritium concentration in the leaked water or in the monitoring well sample.

The attitude of these organizations seems to be that they only provide information to the public just before the public needs the information for their own safey, or just the minimal amount of information when they legally have to.

This kind of attitude does not help the credibility and trustworthiness of the officials of Xcel Energy and the State of Minnesota.

[euram]

But, MN is now a sanctuary state for child sexual mutilation, and radioactive water is OK.

[DannyTN]

This thread is useless without concentration amounts or pictures of radioactive women.

Fortunately I found this...

"We have no evidence at this time that there are impacts to public drinking water in the vicinity of the plant. We will continue to monitor and assess the situation. The EPA safe drinking water concentration for tritium is 20,000 picocuries/liter. It is not expected or likely that this concentration would be exceeded as a result of this event. "Private well testing in the vicinity of the plant for tritium is not necessary at this time. We will continue to assess the situation to determine the need as we monitor the situation.

MN State Health: Xcel Energy Monticello Power Plant Tritium Leak

And this...

And this... <

[Delta 21]

If it poses no threat to the public why are they monitoring the cleanup of this innocuous alleged radioactive water?

Since November?

[Salman]

More sabotage?

[Vaduz]

400,000 gallons of radioactive clean energy huh Moe.

[MNGal]

I would be interested to know what concentrations they are finding; although, from my 30 years of work experience in the environmental health field, I know that tritium is found in many drinking water supplies, in very low levels, and can be used as an indicator of relatively recent aquifer recharge. The presence in groundwater is due to the prevalence of hydrogen bomb testing in the 1950’s or so, which put this form of hydrogen in the atmosphere. It is not considered a contaminant of concern at these low levels, but more more of a helpful tool to age-date groundwater.

I agree with other posters who have a problem with the fact that that Xcel and the state agencies are just coming clean now when they knew of the situation in November. It’s no wonder people are distrustful of large industry and government.

[dfwgator]

The Pepsi Syndrome II