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Asthma ?? What about all those leaves falling off the trees?
There's got to be a relationship there, too. OBTW, Hartford, CT health
officials earlier this month declared an asthma emergency in their city because
of its high incidence rate among city children.
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Haddam Neck and Millstone have released 32.6 curies of radioactive emissions since 1970 -- the third highest release among all U.S. nuclear plants. This total far exceeds the 14.2 curies that were released during the 1979 Three Mile Island accident. The releases from TMI were on the order of 20 million curies with no
significant adverse health effects.
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In the winter of 1995-'96,
the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission shut down all three Millstone reactors due to safety violations. While Unit 1 was closed permanently, the other two reactors were brought back online after extensive improvements were made. The shutdown order was a result of management issues and design document
control, NOT radioactive releases.
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But the damage
was
already done. Thyroid cancer, which is known to be caused by exposure to radioactive iodine, reached significantly high levels in New London, near Millstone, in the late 1980s and early '90s before the plant was shut down. Where'd the iodine come from?
****************************************************************************** I guess we here at Millstone must be responsible for every one of society's woes except defective tires. Just an analog guy in a digital world.
Paul Prichard Millstone Station prichp@gwsmtp.nu.com (860) 437-2806 |