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A quarter of U.S. nuclear plants leaking

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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Radioactive tritium, a carcinogen discovered in potentially dangerous levels in groundwater at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, now taints at least 27 of the nation’s 104 nuclear reactors — raising concerns about how it is escaping from the aging nuclear plants.

Just something to add to all of the “benefits” of going nuke (see “Intro to nuclear power“).  At the very least, this should put up yet another warning flag on the rush to build dozens of new nukes.

The AP story suggests that the original plant designs were inadequate from the perspective of public safety:

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