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New York nuclear power plant is leaking small amount of radioactive coolant
BUCHANAN, New York (AP) - Radioactive coolant is leaking from a steam generator of the Indian Point nuclear plant, but not enough to endanger anyone or slow down the plant, officials said.
Plant owner Entergy Corp. reported that sensors detected radioactivity - about a tenth of an ounce (2.8 grams) a day - in what is supposed to be the clean water that is converted to steam.
``It's very small. It's being monitored. There's no danger,'' Entergy spokesman Larry Gottlieb said Thursday.
Company vice president Fred Dacino noted the allowable limit of radioactivity is 1,000 times as much.
The leak comes two years after the worst accident in the plant's history, when a tube in the steam generator burst, spilling radioactive coolant and sending a tiny amount of radioactive steam into the atmosphere.
Amid fears of a terrorist attack, critics have increased pressure to shut down the plant 35 miles (55 kilometers) north of New York City. On Thursday, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano announced a draft plan to distribute potassium iodide pills that help fight radiation sickness to schools and other institutions.
New York nuclear power plant is leaking small amount of radioactive coolant
BUCHANAN, New York (AP) - Radioactive coolant is leaking from a steam generator of the Indian Point nuclear plant, but not enough to endanger anyone or slow down the plant, officials said.
Plant owner Entergy Corp. reported that sensors detected radioactivity - about a tenth of an ounce (2.8 grams) a day - in what is supposed to be the clean water that is converted to steam.
``It's very small. It's being monitored. There's no danger,'' Entergy spokesman Larry Gottlieb said Thursday.
Company vice president Fred Dacino noted the allowable limit of radioactivity is 1,000 times as much.
The leak comes two years after the worst accident in the plant's history, when a tube in the steam generator burst, spilling radioactive coolant and sending a tiny amount of radioactive steam into the atmosphere.
Amid fears of a terrorist attack, critics have increased pressure to shut down the plant 35 miles (55 kilometers) north of New York City. On Thursday, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano announced a draft plan to distribute potassium iodide pills that help fight radiation sickness to schools and other institutions.
