Whatever. The system is working well.
The amounts of tritium measured in a test well to initiate repair of leaky pipes and cleanup is well below any potential risk.
Every issue was responsibly reported to regulators and acted upon.
The amounts of tritium measured in a test well to initiate repair of leaky pipes and cleanup is well below any potential risk.
Every issue was responsibly reported to regulators and acted upon.
The post wasn't implying that nuclear power is absolutely safe. Simply that safety measures in place worked in this case and the incident was handled correctly with respect to response and reporting.
Typically they're just installed according to a site model and assumed to function like that.
Happened to koch along the Mississippi where they assured regulators for a decade that you'd never see their contamination. Eventually someone was sampling along the Mississippi and there it was.