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It didn’t reach the Mississippi or into drinking water sources, so no one is drinking it at all.
by karlshea 4y ago
It didn’t reach the Mississippi or into drinking water sources, so no one is drinking it at all.
- hammock 4y agoAccording to whom? The regulators who hid this from the public for four months?
- karlshea 4y agoGiven some of the ridiculous takes here if I were them I would also have waited four months for a resolution and not mentioned it unless it was an emergency. And as someone who lives just downstream from this plant and would have been directly impacted from drinking the water: yes, I will continue to be trusting the Minnesota Department of Health over reactionary HN commentary.
- hammock 4y agoHow long did you trust the Minnesota Department of Health when it came to the PFAS discharges from the 3M plants? Decades? Do you still trust them?
- karlshea 4y agoStill trust them more than random people on HN! Xcel reported it when it happened to the state—which they didn't even have to do given how low-concentration it was[0]—the NRC published that it happened on their website in November so it wasn't a "secret"[1], the levels are being monitored from wells, and the plume didn't travel far enough to affect anyone. Now they're pumping out and filtering the water to remove it. What are you trying to get at here? What is the outcome you wanted? If this is some sort of anti-nuke power plant take based on an unfortunate but basically non-event then just say so and I'll excuse myself from replying any further. [0] https://www.startribune.com/xcel-is-cleaning-up-a-radioactive-water-spill-at-monticello-plant-minnesota-tritium/600259470/ https://www.startribune.com/xcel-is-cleaning-up-a-radioactiv... [1] https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2022/20221123en.html https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/...