NY to probe "radioactive" water leak at Indian Point

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives February 6, 2016

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ALBANY -- New York will investigate the Indian Point Energy Center after Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he learned that "radioactive tritium-contaminated water" leaked into the groundwater at the nuclear facility in Westchester County.

Cuomo, in a letter Saturday to the state Health Department and the Department of Environmental Conservation, called for the probe after he said Entergy, the plant's owner, reported "alarming levels of radioactivity" at three monitoring wells. While the facility reported that the contamination has not migrated off site and didn't pose an immediate public health threat, Cuomo said that the incident requires a full investigation. More...