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Sunday
Apr102011

Radioactive leaks into groundwater increasing around US reactor sites

The Asbury Park Press (NJ) in a special investigative report finds that despite millions of gallons of radioactive leaks springing buried pipe under US nuclear power stations, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has failed to issue one fine for the contamination of groundwater and drinking water aquifers. See our April 2010 report "Leak First, Fix Later" for more on the national story.