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Entergy now testing below minimum level of detectable credibility

by: BP

Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 10:00:00 AM EDT

Well now we know how Entergy will try and spin it . In his rushed pushback against the Vermont Department of Health’s announcement that radioactive tritium leaking from VY has reached the Connecticut River, Entergy Vermont Yankee spokes-flack Larry Smith makes a claim that dips below the level of detectable credibility.

Smith maintains that Entergy’s tests are showing tritium levels below the minimum detectable level. He fails to explain how Entergy labs perform this miraculous feat of science.

But New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. issued a statement, saying its testing of the same July 18 and July 25 samples showed levels of tritium below the minimum detectable amount.
"Results from our laboratory testing of those same samples ... show levels that are below that same extreme lower limit," Vermont Yankee spokesman Larry Smith said.
Smith said he could not explain how the company was able to detect tritium at levels below the "minimum detectible." He said Entergy wants an independent third party to analyze both sets of test results to resolve the discrepancy

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Entergy now testing below minimum level of detectable credibility | 9 comments

*golf clap* (4.00 / 2)

"Entergy Vermont Yankee spokes-flack Larry Smith makes a claim that dips below the level of detectable credibility."

Well played.

by: ntoddpax2 @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 13:30:50 PM UTC

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AP (4.00 / 2)

Thanks to Dave Gram of AP for asking the question.

And great headline!

by: ed @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 13:44:46 PM UTC

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Well, at least it may be a sign that they now get it (4.00 / 1)

that any detectable tritium is a bad thing. So much for the banana defense.

by: Sue Prent @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 13:46:49 PM UTC

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relax, it is from the leaking (4.00 / 1)

exits signs at the bellows falls hydro station. where else could it be from?

by: bmike @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 14:14:49 PM UTC

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Maybe they made a colossal bananna smootie (4.00 / 1)

And someone spilled it into the river?

by: simplify @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 22:34:18 PM UTC

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damned (4.00 / 1)

Hippies with their pedal powered smoothie makers mucking up the environment. Hows a sportsman supposed to fish and eat! Damned trout taste like Chiquita's now. Maybe Disney could sponsor a few miles of shoreline. Healthy eating and all.

by: bmike @ Mon Aug 22, 2011 at 15:24:35 PM UTC

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This is a job for... (0.00 / 0)

the Clark and Dawes classic, "The front fell off"

http://youtu.be/IQKjj_FDI_M

or perhaps "The Dead Whale": http://youtu.be/W77IqQW9xzU

It gets so reality is less and less distinguishable from satire.

On another front, maybe somebody should send Larry Smith a copy of "Less Than Zero."

Minor Heretic
"Damned for 25% of eternity"

by: Minor Heretic @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 14:27:34 PM UTC

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According to the NRC... (0.00 / 0)

...emissions from Larry Smith's office may contain detectable levels of toxins, but they pose absolutely no threat to public health or safety.

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." --Frank Zappa

by: jvwalt @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 19:05:57 PM UTC

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Entergy's PR folks (4.00 / 1)

are the best in the business - lies, half-truths, minimize, misrepresent, "mis-speak", act confused, act dumb, drool - and make sure you do it all on Friday after the markets close and the papers have gone to bed.

Obfuscate and play the victim. This is the essence of the modern corporate PR department. You are well paid to lie and confuse and act put upon.

Looks like Nuclear is the new Tobacco. Entergy will drag this out for decades.

by: Undamned Yankee @ Sat Aug 20, 2011 at 13:10:49 PM UTC

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Entergy now testing below minimum level of detectable credibility | 9 comments