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    	RE -1	It seems that approx. 2000 gal.of radioactive coolant water
    escaped through some valves into a 750,000 gal. mineral free pool used
    to clean tools by workers.Then about 45,000 gal. of that water was
    dumped through the plant's normal cooling outlet 7,000 feet offshore.
    They called it a minor spill!
    
    	Frenchy
    
    PS: At least the striper will be easier to find now that they will be
    	glowing in the dark.  :-)

>> A minor spill? There is no such thing!

>	I agree 100 %



Have there been any warning ?

I don't think I'll be Blue fishing any more this year, from things people have 
said in this conference. Blue hang out around these outlets. 

But do Stripes ?

						Jim

 The amount of radioactive water released into the ocean was less than 1/1000th
of the amount that they are allowed to dump per federal regulations on a
monthly basis. The amount of radioactivity released was insufficient to even
file an "unusual event" report with the NRC (the least important classification
of accident.) It is impossible to measure any increase in the level of 
radioactivity at the outflows. Based on these facts as reported by the media, 
I conclude that there is no real danger posed by the mistake.

 The Doctah

    
    My understanding of the "event" was that it went totally undetected 
    UNTIL the workers affected with radiation passed through a checkpoint.
    An excess level of radiation was detected on some workers and the cause 
    investigated leading to the ~2000 gal spill.
    
    NO EVACUATION POSSIBLE 
    Citizens "WITHIN 10" a Ten Mile Radius
    
    /MArk
    I'm not against nuke energy but do wonder abit about this type of
    news when it happens in my backyard.

       2000 gallons of water irradiated to this level, diluted in the
    ocean, would present a problem about 1X10-to-the-10th LESS than you'd
    experience walking to your car on a sunny day through the parking lot..
    
    JM

I friend heard on the radio friday.

That the entire water supply at Seabrook was contaminated.  People were
taking showers in it. Also the ear wash machines were contaminated.

5 people were hospitalized.

	What was the real amount of damage ??



I did go out friday night and we did pretty good. There wasn't many caught
but the ones that were all were big.I didn't catch any of these but I'll give 
it another try this weekend.

We cut a 32lb, 39lb and a boat next to us cut about a 35 lb, all were released.
No one was to sure about there health.



				Jim

>That the entire water supply at Seabrook was contaminated.  People were
>taking showers in it. Also the ear wash machines were contaminated.>

>5 people were hospitalized.

 That's ka-ka. The water supply and the cooling water are not even the same
KIND of water. What is supposed to have happened, workers transported the
contaminated water and dumped it into the reservoir?!!

 Be a kind soul and buy your friend a hearing aid.

 the Doctah

    re: .7
    
    I heard the same report. No hearing aid required. 
    
    The implication was that more than just one piece of the Seabrook
    system was contaminated. 
    
    I grinned when I heard the report, imagining the consternation on the
    face of the Seabrook PR person when he/she realized that the "damage
    control" pablum handed to the press hadn't worked.
    
    For the record, though, I don't remember anything about numbers of
    workers being hospitalized. I remember that the contamination of the
    freshwater supply was discovered when workers passing through a
    checkpoint after a shower set off the contamination alarm.
    
    John H-C

	Thanks for comfirming this John.

	Doctah maybe you should review your plans for Seabrooks water system.
	

					Jim