According to a recent report in Bangor Daily News, many area residents living between and around the towns of Belfast and Bucksport where the quakes hit, have been calling authorities with reports of sounds resembling "gunshots and shotgun blasts," as well as reports of their homes shaking and pictures and items falling off walls and shelves.
The events have been so strange, in fact, that many residents have been reporting them as explosions rather than earthquakes, implying that there is something uniquely unusual about them compared to normal earthquakes.
The Mississippi Natchez Democrat reports that crews first discovered the radioactive water in the plant's Unit 2 turbine building after heavy rains began hitting the area last week.
Unit 2 was a partially-constructed, abandoned structure that should not have contained any radioactive materials, let alone tritium, which is commonly used to manufacture nuclear weapons and test atomic bomb.
Today, May 6th, Earth is passing through a stream of dusty debris from Halley's Comet, source of the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower.
It's a mild but beautiful display best seen during the dark hours before sunrise.
After the sun comes up, try listening for eta Aquarid echoes on Spaceweather.com's live meteor radar.
The "insignificant increase in activity" in the Taimyr atomic icebreaker was noticed as the vessel was leaving the Yenisei Gulf region of the Kara Sea, Rosatomflot said in a statement.