Small radioactive spill being cleaned up at Ginna plant
The Robert E. Ginna nuclear power plant in Ontario, Wayne County, is in the midst of cleaning up a small radioactive contamination spill on the plant’s site.
According to an incident report filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, workers were replacing a section of piping Thursday at an excavation site at the plant when sediment from the pipe spilled out.
According to the report, the contamination involved cesium 137, the radioactive form of the metal.
No contamination was found at a nearby plant monitoring well, indicating the contamination likely did not spread beyond the spill site itself.
The Ginna plant employs 450 people.
