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Plant Sites with Groundwater
Contamination
Recent events at several nuclear power plants
have highlighted a concern with tritium contamination of groundwater,
as a result of unplanned releases, such as those due to equipment degradation. For example,
at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, unintended releases of tritium
through a crack in the spent fuel pool concrete support wall may have
been the cause of the elevated levels of tritium in groundwater in
the area immediately surrounding the plant's spent fuel pool. In another
instance, at the Braidwood nuclear power plant, unintended releases
of
tritium from a number of vacuum breaker valves at the plant caused
elevated levels of tritium in groundwater in unrestricted, public areas.
Reactor Oversight Process List of Inspection Reports.
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- Indian Point
- Braidwood
- Callaway
- Dresden
- Byron
- Palo Verde
- Quad Cities
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