ApocaDocs: Exelon to pay $1 million to settle suits over leaks at power plants

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Posted Fri Mar 12 2010: from Chicago Tribune:


	Exelon to pay $1 million to settle suits over leaks at power plants http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1268425420 Exelon agreed Thursday to pay more than $1 million to settle lawsuits filed by Attorney General Lisa Madigan after the company allowed radioactive tritium to leak outside three of its nuclear power plants... "It is imperative that Illinois' nuclear power plants are operated in a manner that does not endanger public health or the environment," Madigan said in a statement. Tritium, the radioactive form of hydrogen, is found naturally in groundwater but is also one of the byproducts of nuclear energy production. Exposure can increase the risk of cancer, though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers it one of the least dangerous radioactive substances, in part because it leaves the body quickly.

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'Doc Michael says:

Just a little EXtra EXposure from EXelon.