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Associated Press: Officials at Vermont's only nuclear power plant say a design flaw that kept engineers from inspecting underground pipes helped cause a leak of radioactive water into the ground. In a report released Tuesday, Entergy Vermont Yankee says a pipe tunnel was blocked with construction material left over from the plant's construction in 1972 and prevented water contaminated with tritium (TRIHT'-ee-um) from passing through the drain line and into a tank. A separate pipe installed in ......
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Vt. nuke plant says flaw led to radioactive leak
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 22nd, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation