tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post8568972926036978842..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Tritium and LiarsMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-58349821097575758932010-01-16T10:28:54.832-05:002010-01-16T10:28:54.832-05:00geo. Thanks for the comment.
I have not posted ...geo. Thanks for the comment. <br /><br />I have not posted more about tritium because I have been waiting for more information. I do not make the assumption that Entergy engineers lied or that they were incompetent. A small tritium release will not affect the cost of clean-up very much. Trying to deny a tiny part of the decommissioning cost doesn't strike me as as a credible motivation for lying.<br /><br />You have read the engineer's testimony, and I have not done so. I want to read it. Is it available on-line somewhere? Or were you at a meeting and picked up a copy at the time? <br /><br />Piping diagrams for any big power plant exist and are up-to-date, unequivocally. It would have been easy to check what the engineers said against the diagrams. Since diagrams of the pipes are available to all sorts of regulatory agencies, lying under oath on this subject would have been foolish as well as illegal. That is why I am sure they did not lie.<br /><br />I need more information before I do a blog posting on the tritium event. Though you disagree with me about the plant, I am pleased that you do not assume that anybody committed perjury.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-16842606842598567262010-01-16T08:48:43.767-05:002010-01-16T08:48:43.767-05:00Actually, the issue here is not that the amount of...Actually, the issue here is not that the amount of tritium in the water is dangerous. One issue that might be of concern is that the amount of tritium was increased 25-fold in six weeks. We have no idea what level it could ultimately reach.<br /><br />But a much more important issue is that Entergy or Vermont Yankee representatives testified under oath that no underground tank or pipe that could cause such a leak existed. There is a financial motive for such testimony to be untrue. The potential for the soil under the plant to be contaminated increases the potential cost for decommissioning. Entergy has never put any of its own money into the decomissioning fund, and I would guess it is not inclined to do so now.<br /><br />We do not know, of course, whether the representatives of VY were commiting purjury or not. They might have believed what they were saying. But I have read the testimony, and it is very clear. They gave precise details about what pipes had existed over the years. This was clearly not an accidental miscommunication. Either they were purposely telling lies, or the plant managers really do not know what is going on at their plant. In either case, it looks pretty bad.geohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681594731655192273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-3514700445731975722010-01-15T03:38:17.356-05:002010-01-15T03:38:17.356-05:00This potluck meeting sounds like typical confirmat...This potluck meeting sounds like typical confirmation bias in action.Jason Ribeirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863185203119704249noreply@blogger.com