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Radioactive groundwater spikes under Indian Point in Buchanan
http://westchester.news12.com/news/radioactive-groundwater-spikes-under-indian-point-in-buchanan-1.8381575Originally published: June 9, 2014 8:55 AM
Updated: June 9, 2014 6:05 PM
BUCHANAN - Federal investigators are searching for the cause of a spike in radioactive material in the groundwater beneath the Indian Point Power Plant.
The radioactive isotope tritium was first confirmed in groundwater under the power plant a decade ago.
Since then, monitoring wells have shown a steady decline in the levels of contamination until April, when samples from two wells near Indian Point Unit Two saw a sudden spike.
The spike was detected after the reactor for Unit Two was shut down for refueling.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials tell News 12 that the prime suspect is a canal that is flooded to move used fuel from the reactor to a water-filled pool, where it cools off. A previous leak was blamed on a faulty weld in the metal lining of that canal.
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