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News Release 177
DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS DISPATCHED TO WATER PIPELINE LEAK AT CALLAWAY NUCLEAR PLANT
Volume 36-177 |
Contact: Larry Archer |
(For immediate release) |
573-751-3807 |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MARCH 28, 2008 -- Emergency responders from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources were dispatched today to a water pipeline leak at the Callaway Nuclear Plant near Fulton. The leak caused a high degree of soil erosion but did not involve the release of any radiation.
The department was contacted by AmerenUE officials this morning that a water intake pipeline, which supplies the plant with cooling water from the Missouri River, had begun to leak, causing a large volume of water to run back into local streams and ditches.
A state on-scene coordinator from the department's Environmental Emergency Response Section was dispatched from Jefferson City to the scene and confirmed that no radiation was released in connection with the accident.
The pipeline leak did cause significant erosion into the nearby creeks and ditches. An environmental specialist from the department's Northeast Regional Office remained on the scene to address erosion control with repair crews. The company expected repair of the pipeline to be completed today.
The Environmental Emergency Response section is called to the scene of more than 300 emergencies each year, including fires, traffic accidents, leaking storage tanks and other incidents that could have a negative environmental impact. The department's 24-hour spill line receives more than 1,600 incident reports annually.
To report an environmental emergency, including fuel spills, please contact the spill line at
573-634-2436. For more information contact the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at
800-361-4827 or 573-751-3443, or visit the department's Web page at www.dnr.mo.gov.
For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.
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