DHEC
Confirms Nuclear Plume Moving Off Barnwell Site
The
Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed to
the Governor's Nuclear Advisory Council a plume of radioactive
Tritium is in the groundwater
WITX,
9
January, 2013
"DHEC
has documented there is a plume leaking from the site but the problem
with Tritium is it's hard to remediate, it's hard to clean it up,"
said Tom Clements, Southeast Nuclear Campaign Coordinator for Friends
of the Earth. "So we have to look at ways to stop it from
leaking from the dump."
Clements
says DHEC's annual updates monitor the plume, but fail to provide a
long term solution on how to keep ground water safe.
The
plume is moving off the Barnwell Nuclear site southwest toward the
Savannah River Site. Traces of Tritium have also been found in
Mary's Branch Creek.
"About
95 percent of the 235 acres are under institutional care," said
site director Michael Benjamin.
The
site receives toxic waste from South Carolina, New Jersey, and
Connecticut and have enough land to stay open through 2038.
"The
problem is in their annual updates, there's no plan to address the
leaks," Clements said. "We need to make sure the facility
is capped off in a better way and better managed so there is less
nuclear material leaking."
DHEC's
Susan Jenkins told the advisory council that the "site is in
compliance" and says the latest measurements show the amount of
Tritium below a federal compliance level.
However,
Clements points out that recorded level is much higher than federal
drinking water standards.
"It
combines with oxygen to form basically radioactive water. So, it
gets everywhere in the environment," Clements said. "The
level was far above the drinking water standard but fortunately it
doesn't look like anyone is drinking the water."
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January, 2014
A
radioactive plume has been confirmed in South Carolina and it is now
on the move as shared in this newly released video from
ShantiUniverse.
Radioactive tritium has been detected and on the move in groundwater.
This
is the 2nd water contamination
issue in days including the West Virginia scare over the past
weekend.
Columbia,
SC (WLTX) -The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
confirmed to the Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council a plume of
radioactive Tritium is in the groundwater.
“DHEC
has documented there is a plume leaking from the site but the problem
with Tritium is it’s hard to remediate, it’s hard to clean it
up,” said Tom Clements, Southeast Nuclear Campaign Coordinator for
Friends of the Earth. “So we have to look at ways to stop it
from leaking from the dump.”
The
plume is moving off the Barnwell Nuclear site southwest toward the
Savannah River Site. Traces of Tritium have also been found in
Mary’s Branch Creek.
“It
combines with oxygen to form basically radioactive water. So,
it gets everywhere in the environment,” Clements said. “The
level was far above the drinking water standard but fortunately it
doesn’t look like anyone is drinking the water.”
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