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rnr_ t1_jdp5c2x wrote
Reply to comment by girlfreddyf in Xcel Energy to power down Monticello nuclear plant early after more radioactive water leaks out by VaccumSaturdays
Ground water in that it is water in the ground. It did not reach any aquifers used for drinking water.
rnr_ t1_jdnjmj8 wrote
Reply to comment by VaccumSaturdays in Xcel Energy to power down Monticello nuclear plant early after more radioactive water leaks out by VaccumSaturdays
They clean it up because they have to. The limits on allowable tritium concentrations were exceeded but the limits are set so far below dangerous levels, this leak has not posed any real threat to the public.
rnr_ t1_jdp8ah0 wrote
Reply to comment by girlfreddyf in Xcel Energy to power down Monticello nuclear plant early after more radioactive water leaks out by VaccumSaturdays
I'm not a geologist so I'm not trying to define geological terms. My point was that the leak did not reach any aquifers (or other underground water reservoir) that is used for drinking water.