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Are there routine emissions from a nuclear power reactor such as Seabrook Station?

April 26, 2017emissions nuclear power reactor routine seabrook station

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Are there routine emissions from a nuclear power reactor such as Seabrook Station?

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Yes, the release of radioactivity into our air, water, and soil is not strictly limited to an accident at a nuclear power plant. All it takes is the plant’s everyday routine operation, and federal regulations permit these radioactive releases as long as they contain “permissible” levels of contamination. Legally permissible does not mean safe. Radioactive releases from a nuclear power reactor’s routine operation often are not fully detected or reported. Accidental releases may not be completely verified or documented.