Illinois Nuke Plant loses power, forced to release radioactive tritium into atmosphere to prevent containment failure.
Don't worry, the radiation released into the atmosphere west of Chicago was well within Federal limits that are non-existent after Fukushima.
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Exelon was working to restore operations at a nuclear reactor unit near Rockford, after a reactor went down Monday morning...Depressurization of Unit 2 has required Exelon to release steam containing tritium – a radioactive isotope – into the air. She said the amount of tritium released was minimal and well within federal limits.
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