According to the APP, The Department of Environmental Protection opened an investigation into a potential leak of 180,000 gallons of water contaminated with radioactive tritium at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey township, only 44 miles south of the peninsula. While tritium is on the safer side of radioactive isotopes, it can cause cancer when dumped into the drinking water. The Department of Environmental Protection says there is no immediate threat, but they are asking parent company Exelon to monitor the contamination plume. I hope they ask nicely.
If you are inclined, there is a website trying to close the plant, but its a little dated. The page is asking us to ask Governor Corzine to close the plant...something I think is now outside of Jon's responsibility.
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