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Radioactive water overflows into Mohawk River
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. — About 630 gallons of radioactive water from a cleanup operation at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory near Niskayuna, N.Y., overflowed into the Mohawk River last month, the Times Union reported.
The contaminated water, which contained Cesium-137, Strontium-90, uranium and plutonium, overflowed into a culvert after a sump pump system failed, the article stated.
A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said the overflow was caused by heavy rains on Oct. 25 at the site, where a cleanup operation to remove pollution left behind by a Cold War-era nuclear weapons research facility has been ongoing since 2008.
DEC stated that the spill does not present an immediate threat to public health, according to the release.
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