Comments on: Cecil County Council Ponders Susquehanna River Sediment, “Co-ordination” as Tool to Challenge State, Federal Mandates

By: Joe C

Joe C — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 23:06:08 +0000

Ron,
Glad you helped out in that situation. Radioactive water was released into the river during that incident, the half-life of the elements released was certainly less than 37 years, so the odds of radioactive materials stacked up behind the dam is high. What am I saying it must be considered and dealt with prior to any actions at the dam.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:39:39 +0000

Joe,
Where are you getting the information that there is radioactive material in the sediment from TMI? I was heavily involved in the cleanup at TMI, and I do not recall Phila. Electric management making any announcement to that effect.

It is fair to say that most sediment does come from Pa. and N.Y. states.

By: Joe C

Joe C — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 01:18:47 +0000

Becky,
Yes, I too appreciate the in-depth reporting. My thoughts on the subjects are, we must remember that somewhere down in the sediment is radioactive material from the 1978 nuclear disaster at TMI, so we must proceed cautiously. Additionally, we must solve the problem at it source otherwise it will just return and the dirty plumes we see in the bay will not be solved because most of what we see is clay particles which stay in suspension for a long time and will settle out in the bay.