DescriptionAEC-70-8907 Pacific Gas & Electric Company aquatic biologist James Adams measures the volume and size of oysters growing in the discharge canal at the Humboldt Bay Nuclear Plant. This is one of many continuing investigations of the effects of power plant operations on aquatic life in the area. Results to date have shown that the warmed water helps the oysters grow faster, and that radiation presents no health hazard, even if a person were to eat only oysters from the canal for an entire lifetime. Credit: Pacific Gas & Electric Company
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