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Elevated radioactivity levels found in North Anna well
North Anna cooling pond
Credit: DEAN HOFFMEYER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Virginia Power's North Anna nuclear power station has come under scrutiny since the earthquake rocked the area.
By: PETER BACQUÉ | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dominion Virginia Power has found elevated levels of a weak form of radioactivity in a sampling well at its North Anna nuclear power station.
The radiation poses no hazard to the public, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.
www2.timesdispatch.com/business/2012/feb/22/tdmain01-elevated-levels-of-a-weak-form-of-radioac-ar-1706167/
On Friday, the Richmond-based utility was notified by its laboratory contractor that water taken from an on-site groundwater sampling point contained an unusually high level of tritium — more than twice the EPA's standard for drinking water.
Elevated radioactivity levels found in North Anna well
North Anna cooling pond
Credit: DEAN HOFFMEYER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Virginia Power's North Anna nuclear power station has come under scrutiny since the earthquake rocked the area.
By: PETER BACQUÉ | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dominion Virginia Power has found elevated levels of a weak form of radioactivity in a sampling well at its North Anna nuclear power station.
The radiation poses no hazard to the public, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.
www2.timesdispatch.com/business/2012/feb/22/tdmain01-elevated-levels-of-a-weak-form-of-radioac-ar-1706167/
On Friday, the Richmond-based utility was notified by its laboratory contractor that water taken from an on-site groundwater sampling point contained an unusually high level of tritium — more than twice the EPA's standard for drinking water.