I finally was able to speak to someone at the NRC late this afternoon. STATUS UPDATE ~ HONEYWELL ACCIDENT: *NRC is on-site, has been since Monday (one guy). *Area in plant is still being decontaminated. *Plant is SHUT DOWN until investigation is complete. *Investigator interviews show sabotage was unlikely. *Preliminary indications is there was a weakness in joint at bottom of one container, metallurgic forensic testing may be needed. Leak was stopped sometime Sunday evening, but he wasnt sure exactly when. *SO FAR it doesnt look like contamination made it over the fence, but they are still looking at data. Sketchy answer. *Aware of reports of people smelling and tasting something possibly toxic. *Runoff probably went into drains and wells will show it, but he was unsure if drains even exist on property! *No indication Ohio River was contaminated, EPA (and possibly Illinois FEMA?) is there testing too. *Not aware of anyone from surrounding community that went to ER for treatment, but he was a bit sketchy about this. Community hospitals seem to have NO PLAN in the event of an emergency. I find it very surprising in light of the numerous leaks that have occurred there. Thats bad, and needs to be addressed by the local hospitals and community leaders at once imo. 30 days til final report is released, prelim report in as early as several days. https://youtube/watch?v=F5aK3_b7Uqc
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:56:53 +0000
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