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A nuclear plant’s closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up
(www.theguardian.com)
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Who would think that's a green victory?
Because it was leaking radioactive matter into the river upstream of one of the most densely populated areas in this hemisphere...
As far as I can see that's not a big deal. Just sounds scary right?
It assumes a normal distribution spread out over an equal area. Which isn't really something we should be assuming.
But yeah. 0.7 millirem is the equivalent of eating 70 bananas.
So if that was the most anyone got, it's not a big deal.
But we shouldn't be assuming that.
It was under federal regulations, but this is American industry we're talking about. "Within regulations" doesn't always mean "safe".
So it's also only if you eat sea food from there.
It does sound like a lot of fuss over nothing tbh.
Mate, why keep asking questions?
If you want to learn more, try reading something more than a single article.
Like, nuclear engineering school sucked a lot, and was a while ago for me. You're wanting to ask a teeny tiny question, wait for me to respond, re-read the same article, then ask a follow up.
This is the absolute least efficient way for you to learn things. Especially nuclear exposure and all the ramifications.
Like, it would be different if you had a simple question or two that you asked in one comment for someone to help you understand.
This article mentions the leak, but not amounts.
To get you a source I'd just be googling it and grabbing the first thing I saw.
I did have the wiki open already
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Point_Energy_Center#Safety
It gives more details and the sources it links to likely gives amounts for each incident.
To clarify a little, the part where primary got to generators would have also discharged to the river. But there was also other major shit going wrong apparently over the years