Linda Gunter, who works with the Safe Energy Communication Council in
Washington DC, (a non-profit environmental group which watch-dogs the
nuclear power industry), has told me about the death of a number of what I
take to be Ruddy Ducks at Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant on Lake
Ontario.
She advises that the incident report sent to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission reads:
"The licensee notified the New York Department of Environmental Conservation
and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service regarding the death of 101 blue billed
ducks. The ducks were discovered after the circulating water system was
realigned from reverse flow to normal flow. "
The incident happened on 28 January of this year.
While I have no idea to what extent this kind of thing happens, or whether
it is in any way a function of the facility's being nuclear-powered as
opposed to fuelled in any other way, I do feel that it is the sort of
incident that we should all be concerned about, and can look to learn from
once we know more about its causes.
I have asked Linda to keep me in the picture about developments. I'll post
any updates I receive.
Bill Jolly
"Abberton",
Lockyer Valley, Queensland.
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