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Tag: tritium

  • Radioactive Leaks Found at 75% of US Nuke Sites

    - Asso­ci­at­ed Press, June 21, 2011, CBS Radioac­tive tri­tium has leaked from three-quar­ters of U.S. com­mer­cial nuclear pow­er sites, often into ground­wa­ter from cor­rod­ed, buried pip­ing, an Asso­ci­at­ed Press inves­ti­ga­tion shows. The num­ber and sever­i­ty of the leaks has been esca­lat­ing, even as fed­er­al reg­u­la­tors extend the licens­es of more and more reac­tors across the nation. Tri­tium,…