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Hackers Breached US Nuclear Security Administration which Maintains...
Hackers Breached US Nuclear Security Administration which Maintains US Nuclear Stockpile
December 17, 2020 at 6:39pm
US officials announced this week the Nuclear Security Administration was among the entities breached by state-sponsored hackers in the SolarWinds breach.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Sunday night issued Emergency Directive 21-01, in response to a KNOWN COMPROMISE involving SolarWinds Orion products.
This was only the fifth Emergency Directive issued by CISA under the authorities granted by Congress in the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
No doubt, the liberal media, and deep state will likely blame Russia.
But we all know who did this.
Politico reported:
Dec 18, 2020
Tracie Crespo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nuclear-plant-near-minneapolis-le...
Nuclear plant near Minneapolis leaks radioactive water for second time in months
A nuclear plant near Minneapolis is shutting down after its owners announced water containing a radioactive material was leaked for a second time. The plant's owner said there is no danger to the public.
The leak of hundreds of gallons of water containing tritium was found this week at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, the utility company Xcel Energy said in a Thursday statement. The same plant leaked 400,000 gallons of water containing tritium in November, but the company didn't disclose the spill to the public until this month.
The new leak appeared to be coming from a temporary fix to the original leak, which came from a pipe between two buildings and was detected by routine groundwater monitoring systems, Xcel Energy said.
How did new leak happen at Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant?
After the first leak, the company began capturing water from the leaking pipe and rerouting it back into the plant for re-use as a short-term solution. This plan was intended to prevent new tritium from reaching groundwater until Xcel Energy could install a replacement pipe during a regularly scheduled refueling outage in April, the company said.
But after equipment found a new leak and discovered the temporary solution was no longer capturing all of the leaking water, the company decided to shut down the plant "to allow it to more quickly perform the repairs needed to permanently resolve" the leak.
Leak poses no risk to public, Xcel Energy says
The company does not expect the shutdown to affect customers' electric service, Chris Clark, president of Xcel Energy–Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, said. Clark also said in a statement that the leak poses no risk to the public or environment.
Readings from over two dozen on-site monitoring wells have found that the leaked water remained fully contained on-site and has not been detected outside of the facility or in any local drinking water, according to the company.
Xcel Energy also said the leak of hundreds of gallons is much smaller than the original leak and "will not materially increase the amount of tritium the company is working to recover."
So far, the company has recovered about 32% of the tritium released. This process is expected to continue through next year, Xcel Energy said. It is unclear when the plant will resume operations.
New leak announced day after it was found
The new leak was announced Thursday, a day after it was discovered.
Meanwhile, the first leak was discovered last year and reported to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the state on Nov. 22. It was only made public this month.
"We understand the importance of quickly informing the communities we serve if a situation poses an immediate threat to health and safety," Xcel Energy said in a statement earlier this month. "In this case, there was no such threat."
State officials also said they waited to get more information about the leak before making it public.
What is tritium?
A radioactive isotope of hydrogen, tritium occurs naturally in the environment and is a common byproduct of nuclear plant operations, according to the NRC. It emits a weak form of radiation that does not travel very far in the air and cannot penetrate human skin.
"Everyone is exposed to small amounts of tritium every day because it occurs naturally in the environment and the foods we eat," the agency said.
While nuclear plants spill tritium from time to time, the NRC said the leaks usually remain limited to the plant property or involve low offsite levels that do not affect public health or safety.
Contact Christine Fernando at cfernando@usatoday.com or follow her on Twitter at @christinetfern.
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Mar 24, 2023
Tracie Crespo
https://abcnews.go.com/US/massive-fire-burns-decommissioned-texas-p...
Massive fire burns at decommissioned Texas power plant
The blaze sent a huge plume of smoke across the Galveston area.
A huge black plume of smoke filled the sky over several cities in Galveston County, including San Leon, where the fire engulfed the old power plant alongside Highway 146, authorities said.
At one point on Sunday, residents in the area were being asked to take precautions to avoid the heavy smoke, according to police in the Galveston suburb of Kemah.
"At this time, two cooling towers and power lines are on fire," the Kemah Police Department said in a social media post, in part.
"All residents are advised to avoid the area and take precautions not to expose themselves to the smoke," the post added.
No injuries have been reported.
On Sunday afternoon, the Kemah Fire Department said on social media that the fire had been contained and that firefighters remained on scene.
Joe Tumbleson, a spokesperson for the city of Texas City, in Galveston County, told ABC News on Sunday afternoon that the fire was expected to be fully extinguished within a few hours. He said additional spot fires had ignited around the power plant and that the Texas City Fire Department deployed crews to contain them.
Air quality monitors currently show safe readings, but residents are being asked to stay clear of the area and to avoid breathing the smoke from the fire, Tumbleson said.
The power plant was decommissioned in the 1990s, according to Tumbleson.
The Kemah Fire Department said it began getting reports of the fire at around 2:44 a.m. When firefighters arrived, the power plant was fully engulfed in flames, officials said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
ABC News' Jenna Harrison contributed to this report.
Nov 17