RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : USA - Nuclear Event

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-04-09, 02:52:24 [UTC] Ref.no.: NC-20100409-25619-USA Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-04-09 at 03:17:13 [UTC] Event: Nuclear Event Location: USA State of Alabama Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Athens Situation: Tennessee Valley Authority officials say lightly radioactive water leaked from a tank at the Browns Ferry nuclear plants. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday the problem wasn't classified as an emergency and no one was hurt. The leak Wednesday was stopped and the dirt into which the water soaked was collected to be sent to a containment facility in Utah. The spill occurred at one of the five large tanks that supply water to the turbines generating steam for the plant's three nuclear reactors. Don Jernigan with TVA says less than 1,000 gallons of tritium water leaked out because of a valve problem in the top of the tank. He said that's about 1/100th of the radioactive material found in an exit sign at a movie theater. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu