[ RadSafe ] More on San Onofre

[Ahmad Al-Ani]

It is possible that they are referring to this device:

http://www.iradgeiger.com/

A review of an expert in the field would be a useful addition to their presentation.


Ahmad

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On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 4:34 AM AST (Arabian) Steven Dapra wrote:

>Apr. 7
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>http://news.yahoo.com/no-timetable-restarting-california-nuclear-plant-jaczko-030835700.html
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>	A quote from the article:
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>Anti-nuclear activists living near San Onofre have seized on the disaster [Fukushima] to argue that nuclear plants are unsafe.
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>"We saw what happened in Japan and we're terrified that it could happen right here in Southern California," said Patti Davis, a member of the local community groups San Clemente Green and San Onofre Safety.
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>Concerned residents in the area around the plant have bought Geiger counters that plug into smartphones and iPads to monitor for any potential radiation emissions from the plant.
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>Former nuclear executive Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates, a consulting company, prepared a report released last month that argued that design modifications in the newly installed steam generators, such as different alloy for the tubes, led to problems at the plant.
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>	Yeah, tsunamis happen all the time in southern California.  I would be terrified too.
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>	Does anyone know what the story is on these Geiger counters that plug into smartphones and iPads?  (I don't so much as know what a smartphone is, nor an iPad.)
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>	Arnie Gundersen seems to be replacing David Lochbaum as the convenient expert scaremonger.  His entry on Wikipedia:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Gundersen
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>Steven Dapra
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