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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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Also a scientist with nuclear research experience and exactly this[/quote]

Great that you guys are nuclear experts… but that doesn’t make the lake safe with the nuclear power plant.

The lake water on the discharge side is warmer because of the plant.  As a result, microorganisms  and algae that shouldn’t thrive do thrive.

The reason people say it’s not safe is because it’s not - people just jumped to conclusions that it was because of radioactive contamination and then smarty pants come in and lecture them to make them feel stupid, as is par for the course with experts, and the point is missed.

Unfortunately we are getting to the point where we won’t be able to safely swim in any lake in all but the coldest parts of the country.  But the warm side of Lake Anna is artificially warm.  It’s closer to swimming in a lake in Louisiana than Virginia.
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