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EPA: Carbon Rules Could Ensure Nuclear Power's Survival

[Another reason why the dirty energy resistance needs to band together. -Josh]
 
- by Julie Wernau, June 18, 2014, Chicago Tribune
 
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“There are a handful of nuclear facilities that because they are having trouble remaining competitive, they haven't yet looked at re-licensing (to extend their operating lives). We were simply highlighting that fact,” McCarthy said at a round-table discussion with business leaders in Chicago.

Radioactive Leaks Found at 75% of US Nuke Sites

- Associated Press, June 21, 2011, CBS

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"209","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 277px; height: 185px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;"}}]]Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows.

The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more and more reactors across the nation.

Tritium, which is a radioactive form of hydrogen, has leaked from at least 48 of 65 sites, according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission records reviewed as part of the AP's yearlong examination of safety issues at aging nuclear power plants. Leaks from at least 37 of those facilities contained concentrations exceeding the federal drinking water standard -- sometimes at hundreds of times the limit.

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