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2005 Leak

“Indian Point leak of radioactive element spreads” by Greg Clary

“BUCHANAN — Radioactive strontium 90 has spread to a third well at Indian Point and has been found at levels three times the amount allowed in drinking water — within 150 feet of the Hudson River. Officials for Entergy Nuclear Northeast, which owns Indian Point, released the test results late yesterday, noting a strong likelihood...

“High levels of strontium-90 found in Indian Point groundwater” by Jim Fitzgerald

“WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — High levels of radioactive strontium-90 – nearly three times the amount permitted in drinking water – were found in groundwater near the Hudson River beneath the Indian Point nuclear power plants, the plants’ owner said Tuesday. The groundwater does not reach any drinking supplies, and although the strontium is believed to...

“More Strontium-90 found at Indian Point” by Greg Clary

“BUCHANAN – Radioactive strontium-90 has spread to other wells at Indian Point and the highest levels found so far – nearly three times the amount allowed for drinking water – have been found within 150 feet of the Hudson River. Entergy Nuclear Northeast, the owner of Indian Point, released the latest numbers this afternoon, noting...

“Nuke leaks taint Hudson” by Abby Luby

“The Nuclear Regulatory Commission suspects that an uncontrolled release of tritium is going into the Hudson River. The leak was found near the discharge canal at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, situated on the east bank of the river. Also last week, a monitoring well was leaking small amounts of strontium 90, considered a...

LETTER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES WESTCHESTER SECTION

Matthew Wald’s article regarding the ongoing leak of radioactive water from the Indian Point nuclear plant (March 5) omits several facts and issues that are relevant.  The article mentions that some radioactive contaminants can be stripped from water, but that tritium cannot because it is “incorporated into the water molecule.”  Since our bodies are largely...

“Reactor waste moves official to call meeting” by Greg Clary

“WHITE PLAINS — Local and federal elected officials hope a meeting today about Indian Point will provide answers about the seriousness of radioactive isotopes that have been found underground at the nuclear reactor site in Buchanan. “Andy wants everybody in the same room,” said Susan Tolchin, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano’s chief adviser. “These are...

“E-mails show New York knew about radioactive isotopes under Indian Point in December” by Greg Clary

“Two state regulatory agencies had information late last year that strontium 90 was showing up in a monitoring well at the Indian Point nuclear plant — three months before they released news of the isotope’s presence to the public this week. A Dec. 5 e-mail between officials at the Department of Health and the Department...

“Radioactive water may be following cracks in bedrock to Hudson” by Greg Clary

“BUCHANAN — Radioactive water moving toward the Hudson River may be traveling along tiny cracks in the bedrock created decades ago by explosive charges used during a construction project, Indian Point engineers and federal regulators say. “When they blasted the bedrock in the late 1960s to early 1970s for the construction of various facilities, they...

“Hudson ‘likely’ a bit hot” by Greg Bruno

“Buchanan – Low-levels of radioactive water have been found below the Indian Point nuclear power plant near the Hudson River, providing the “strongest indication yet” that contamination is reaching the waterway, plant officials said yesterday. Indian Point owners announced in September that a spent fuel storage pool was leaking water laced with tritium, a nuclear...

“Radioactive water leak stopped at Indian Point; cause still unknown” by Greg Clary

“The cause of the leak still has not been determined, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said, and the agency will continue its special investigation until there are more definitive conclusions. NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said the agency and the state Department of Environmental Conservation also have verified through off-site water sampling that there...

“Indian Point: the tritium search continues” by Abby Luby

“Since August, officials at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants have been trying to locate a leak of water containing tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen and one of the many radionuclides released by nuclear power plants. Entergy Nuclear Northeast, owner of the Buchanan plants, has almost completed digging nine wells that they hope will...

“Test wells contain radioactive water Cause of Indian Point leak still unknown” by Greg Clary

“BUCHANAN — Federal nuclear regulators confirmed Tuesday afternoon that radioactive water is showing up in storm sewer lines and recently dug wells near Indian Point 2 as engineers try to determine the cause of a four-month leak there and its presence in the site’s groundwater. A spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said elevated tritium...