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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a background in nuclear physics. There is no way that the plant is releasing "radioactivity" to the lake (lay term in this case, anyway). It's a tertiary loop. I would bet a  large amount of money that if I threw a banana into a swimming pool, the pool water would be more radioactive than anything that the power plant is putting into the lake. (Potassium is radioactive.)

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Yep, the pp talking about "incidents" is talking out of their ass. Of course they don't provide any sources or citations for their claim, because they don't have any.  While there have been "incidents" including a leak of cooling water, those incidents have been thoroughly investigated by the NRC and even in the case of coolant leak the water discharged was well within normal safe and legal levels of radioactivity.

As for amoebas, Lake Anna does have a higher incidence than other bodies of water, but we're talking about the difference between winning the lottery and winning the lottery twice in a row.  It may be more likely, but that doesn't mean it's anything to worry about.    [/quote]

The poster talking about “incidents” was making a joke that went over your head.

I knew DCUM was a humorless bunch but this thread proves it. [/quote]

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