Junk Plant FitzPatrick: Cover-up of Radiactive Leak

Update 6/28

Based on the tube oil coming into direct contact with reactor steam (short radioactive decay), the procedures should dictate the lube oil be treated as radiative in the spill emergency procedures.

Can you just imagine the oil pooling on the roof and the roof caves in?

What would this look like if it was raining cats and dogs out? Winter in heavy snow covering?

This is what I mean by the engineers and plant management always screwing the control room employees by setting them up with degrading equipment. But at least its a job.

Update 3:30 pm

So a NRC official called me back on this. It was a very timely response. I called the allegation department, they wouldn't throw this into a allegation because they think I picked up this up from the media. My expertise about these components bares no weight. The spokesperson said, she thinks the system and lube is clean without any radiation. I told her I am a guy of facts, thinking its clean is not the facts. Bottom line, she is going to ask the NRC residents to get the information. I want the date and last testing sample of lube oil radiation. They just might never have tested this system for radiation. Basically I am asking her, has there been any increase of radiation levels since before the lube oil was placed in the plant? This lube oil has come in direct contact reactor steam and it has to contain radioactivity. I suspect they will find small levels of radiation in the oil, but there is small chance we might get a surprised it was a reportable level. 

It is really important they immediately declared they had a uncontrollable release radiation into the lake. It would be a completely different news story if Fitz first declared this was a radioactive lube oil leak no matter how minute it was. 

By the talk of the NRC spokesmen, the inspectors are too busy monitoring the outcome of the immediate plant trip. They don't have time to take a deep dive into the lube oil radiation contamination documentation. Imagine the fallout if the inspectors go deep into the documentation and discovered the releases was radiative. I am not saying this level of radiation would harm anyone. I just want to see the facts. I want to make sure everyone is following the establish rules and regulations.

This is Entergy's first declaration there is no radiation in the oil (above normal background). I suspect it went down like this. The VP asked his underlings "is there any radiation contamination in the lube oil". They came back off the cuff, I am certain there is no radiation in the oil. But nobody ever collected a sampled for radiation detection yesterday or never referenced the documented history of radiation sampling in the lube oil.     

While this oil contains no PCBs, is non-radioactive, non-hazardous and has low potential health effects, any unintended release to Lake Ontario is not in accordance with Entergy’s standards. 

“We are taking appropriate e actions to mitigate the environmental consequence from this event and working closely with appropriate local, state and federal agencies,” said Brian Sullivan, FitzPatrick’s site vice president and Entergy’s top official at the site. “We have identified the source of the oil, stopped the leak and put protective absorbent material and barriers in place to help mitigate additional oil from reaching the lake. Environmental protection is a hallmark of our operations, and we are taking all appropriate actions.”

***So I have made a complaint to the NRC and NY environmental agency. Notified the media. The NRC promised to get back to me with one of their experts.  

I know the reactor steam comes in direct contact with the lube oil. Most insiders consider the turbine lube oil as non radiative. They are complacent with radioactivity in the lube oil.

*Another good question, do they consider used turbine lube oil as radioactive? What do they do with the used lube oil. Some burn the oil in a burner.... 

With the difficult plant trip and this complacency...I don't think a thought was made about what are the real radioactive levels are in the oil. Does the radioactivity concentrate as the oil ages? Maybe the employees think if they admit the radioactive discharge, they would stop a "Hail Mary" pass at saving the plant.  

*A good question to ask, was their any radioactive tape barriers placed around the spill area on the roof? *Will they treat the oil on the roof or any clean-up materials as radioactivity?

This is one of those deals where this might have gone past everyone on site!!!