Radioactive wastewater from German nuclear plant spills into Rhine

[MaineDem]

KARLSRUHE, Germany, April 28 — About 8,000 gallons of radioactive water poured into the Rhine river in southwestern Germany after a pump malfunctioned at a nuclear plant, a power company said Wednesday.

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The ministry also said the contamination was not strong enough to pose a health risk.


http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusintl/ap04-28-125536.asp?reg=europe&vts=42820041314

[trotsky]

1. Mr. Burns kauft die Kraftwerk?

Ausgezeichnet!

[maddezmom]

2. a dental x-ray...sounds harmless?

''The water was lightly contaminated,'' said Ommeln, who likened the radioactivity exposure of drinking a gallon of the water to having a dental X-ray.


Dental X-rays might result in small babies, study suggests
http://www.katu.com/health/story.asp?ID=66796

[gottaB]

3. What's that old saying, an x-ray a day?

Oh, wait. Last I checked, radioactive water is bad for you.

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/standard/pp/radnucpp.html

[Journeyman]

4. Many a mickle makes a might. . .

. . .said Ben Franklin. . .

[Kellanved]

5. Philippsburg again

The headline maker of the German nuclear plants. In 2001 the plant got temporarily shut down, because the operator had disabled the emergency shut-down system, claiming that a false alarm would cause too high costs otherwise.
Both Philippsburg reactors have a long list of mishaps, close-meltdowns and glitches; I can't wait for all those rustbuckets to get shut-down for good.

For the record: The ministry saying "drinking one liter is not worse than a dental x-ray" was not the (green)federal ministry, but a state ministry in a conservative state.

[matcom]

6. fuck

have cruised the Rhine and believe it to be one of the most beautiful rivers on earth.

humans suck.

[floda]

7. not a health risk is what they ALWAYS say

You wonder why they take all these precautions then

[Aunt Anti-bush]

8. WTF???

How in the world does a plant accidentally spill 8000 gallons of nuclear waste in the Rhine? You mean to tell me they didn't have some sort of precautionary measure in place to prevent that shit from going right into the Rhine? I agree with the guy who said humans suck.

[mbperrin]

9. Remind me again of how safe these nukes are-

anyone in Pennsylvania or Chernobyl, perhaps?

[maddezmom]

10. *crickets*