Minnesota Nuclear Plant Leaks 400,000 Gallons of Radioactive Water – zoohousenews.com

(Natural News) The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) released a statement this week about Xcel Energy’s efforts to clean up 400,000 gallons of water contaminated with tritium, a radioactive substance, that leaked from a water main that was between two Buildings in his factory runs in Monticello. And Minnesotans everywhere want to know: why weren’t we told that when it actually happened?

You see, this leak had occurred months before the MDH announcement, which was the first time many Minnesotans had even heard of the radioactive leak. Xcel reported it to the Minnesota Duty Officer (MDC) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) back in November, but the spill was only made public this week.

Why did it take four months for the MDH to notify the Minnesota public that a potentially serious radioactive incident was occurring right in their own backyards? That’s the question many are asking now as the scandal unfolds.

“The leak has been stopped and the company is monitoring the water plume through two dozen wells,” the health department wrote. “An estimated 20 percent of the tritium has been extracted from production wells, and contaminated water continues to be pumped out of the groundwater.”

(Related: Remember the Massive Radioactive Disaster Known as Fukushima?)

The Minnesota government, Xcel, is not complaining about any risks, although only one-fifth of the spilled tritium has been recovered

If only 20 percent of the tritium has been removed, where is the other 80 percent? And how can local officials continue to tell the public that the leak “poses no health and safety risk to the local community or environment” when there is clearly more tritium hiding in the soil and possibly groundwater near the facility?

According to the Minnesota government, there is absolutely no risk to the Mississippi or other local aquifers, but how can they know for sure when only one-fifth of the spilled tritium has been recovered from the contamination site so far?

Xcel issued a statement claiming that the radioactive water spill is “completely contained on site and has not been detected outside of the facility or in any local drinking water.” If that’s really true, why did it take another four months for the authorities to tell anyone about this?

Something stinks bad, really bad, and the public deserves answers. What do you think of this recent incident that released deadly chemicals into the environment?

“Shouldn’t be a problem if you’re boosted and wearing a mask,” one commenter joked in a message about the incident. “A tight-fitting surgical mask is highly effective against gamma radiation because of Science™.”

Just to clarify, the above comment is a joke. It is meant to highlight the insanity of government officials telling us during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) “pandemic” that a paper or plastic towel prevents the virus from spreading, which is just as unscientific as wearing the same type of mask to Protection from nuclear weapons radiation exposure.

“You only have to move six miles from your contaminated home and you’ll be perfectly fine in 10,000 years,” joked another, again poking fun at the government (but not taking this potentially serious situation lightly.

Others stressed the importance of living far, far away from nuclear power plants if possible, given the high potential for leaks and other contamination which, as we all see, sometimes go unreported for very long periods.

“If anyone thinks we have more transparency than China, they’re wrong,” observed another of how the United States is no better than the world’s worst communist dictatorship when it comes to telling the public the truth on serious matters accept.

“We’re much worse,” added this person.

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