Entergy Contains Small Lubricant Leak At FitzPatrick NPP

Entergy said Monday that workers at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant near Scriba, N.Y., had identified the source of a lubricant leak that had contaminated the power plant's discharge canal on Sunday, causing a visible sheen to spread across Lake Ontario. The oil "contains no PCBs, is non-radioactive, non-hazardous and has low potential health effects," the company said, announcing the leak had been stopped.(read more)