( – promoted by odum)
Gov-elect Shumlin has written Michael Colomb, on-site chief at the Vernon reactor, and requested that Entergy Nuclear resume pumping radioactive water to hamper contamination of the Vernon aquifer.
Shumlin also requested increased testing for tritium and other radionuclides, at various depths, including at bedrock level and beneath it.
The Gov-elect’s action follows news late Friday that tritium has been detected at bedrock, about sixty feet below the surface. The original leak was about fifteen feet below ground.
Entergy stopped its extraction wells after removing 300,000 gallons of contaminated water, which will be shipped to an out of state disposal site.
Previous tests found tritium around 200 feet below the surface, in the well column of a drinking water well. Entergy discontinued use of the drinking water earlier in 2010.
Here’s a link to the full letter.
http://www.vermontbiz.com/news…
if this is a preliminary step to taking VY (ED) or using other means to ensure the contamination is remedied.
That Shumlin spoke w/Columb, got the letter out & now on record is newsworthy alone, as Entergy must be prodded, iow- ordered to do finish the job 7 taking steps to ensure groundwater is protected as well as drinking water.