Meyer: It’s about the river AND the fish …
It is time for an ecosystem restoration. Turn this upside-down species pyramid back on its base — rededicate funds to bedrock species of this ecosystem.
Deen: It’s the river not the fish
Beyond the number of fish, there is the community engagement the Restoration Program has nurtured all along the river. Each spring hundreds of volunteers up and down the watershed show up and distribute salmon fry in selected tributaries to the river.
Katz: A big deal
Entergy says it’s no big deal; but what’s so great about having tritium leaking into the ground water? What’s so great about finding tritium in the Connecticut River or a fish with strontium in it? What’s so great about Vermont Yankee dumping hot water into the Connecticut River undermining the shad population?
Tritium in CT River: Not a “SMALL AMOUNT”
Depending on the volume of discharge, river flow rate, and other factors, this sample could have been diluted several orders of magnitude, so concentrations at the point of discharge could well be in the hundreds of thousands of picocuries per liter.
Connecticut River group hopes to draw 1,500 volunteers on Oct. 1 for cleanup
Saxtons River, VT and Hanover, NH September 22nd, 2011 – More than 1,500 volunteers in four states will fan out on Saturday October 1st to clean up trash and flood-strewn debris along the Connecticut River and its tributaries.
Watershed council issues “SOS” for Connecticut River clean up post-Irene
“We want to mobilize as many volunteers and groups as possible to make our rivers safe for people and wildlife again,” Talbot said. “It’s not just about litter this year. The long-term health of our rivers is at stake.”
Deen: The Big Conn, monster or myth?
One of the earliest reports comes from the History of Lordship in 1878 when an assistant engineer on the steamer State of New York said that he witnessed the head of a monster raised several feet above the waves. The head disappeared and a portion of the body formed an arc “under which it would have been easy to drive a team of oxen.”
New monitoring well at Vermont Yankee shows tritium levels of 192,400 picocuries per liter
A Note from Rob Williams at Vermont Yankee February 14, 2010 Vermont Yankee engineers and technicians working diligently to identify the source of tritium in the plant’s groundwater continue to make progress. A new monitoring well installed in the containment access building to the east of the advanced offgas building is now in service and [...]
Excavation around Advanced Off-Gas drain line continues at Vermont Yankee
February 10, 2010 From Rob Williams Vermont Yankee reported ground water monitoring well sample results for today. GZ-10 continues to have the highest concentration of tritium, at 2.28 million picocuries per liter (pCi/L). Test results from this well have fluctuated up and down around 2.2 to 2.6 million pCi/L since the well went into service [...]
Concentrations of tritium in two Yankee wells rise to 32,062 and 80,458 picocuries
A Note from Rob Williams at Vermont Yankee February 2, 2010 Vermont Yankee engineers working to identify the source of tritium in the plant’s groundwater received updated well sample analyses late today showing that the well that was the first to show tritium several weeks ago is now at 32,062 picocuries per liter. A newly [...]
