mlive.com
May 7, 2013
Before Sunday’s shutdown of Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, about 79 gallons of diluted radioactive water were released into Lake Michigan, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday, May 6.
But by the time the water reached the lake, the level of radioactivity had been diluted to the point where it did not represent a health or safety risk, a spokeswoman for the NRC said.
“There was no danger to the public. It did occur. It is not anything to be alarmed about,” said the NRC’s Viktoria Mitlyng. Palisades does planned releases of diluted radioactive water into the lake at regular intervals, she said.
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