[ RadSafe ] San Clemente panel urges radiation monitoring in new city blueprint

[gelsg at aol.com]

Stewart:

I agree with your assessment.  I suspect you can find more about networks of measurement instruments by googling "genetron" and "skylink".  The German manufacturer of these GM instruments has installed them in many locations throughout Europe, and I know that they do also have a presence in the US.

Jerry Gels
Cincinnati, OH

A real-time, publically accessible rad montoring network, IMHO, is likely  
to help a nuclear utility gain public understanding and acceptance among  
the public. Decades ago, I recall reading that  the French nuclear plants  
installed rings of gamma radiation monitors off-site at each of their  
nuclear power plant sites that they could access. I'm not sure if this  
publicly accessible net-work is still in operation. If anyone knows,  
please post information about it.


-----Original Message-----
From: Stewart Farber <SAFarber at optonline.net>
To: radsafe <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>; Lawrence Jacobi <rjacobi at jacobiconsulting.net>
Sent: Fri, Feb 17, 2012 3:40 pm
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] San Clemente panel urges radiation monitoring in new city blueprint


A real-time, publically accessible rad montoring network, IMHO, is likely  
o help a nuclear utility gain public understanding and acceptance among  
he public. Decades ago, I recall reading that  the French nuclear plants  
nstalled rings of gamma radiation monitors off-site at each of their  
uclear power plant sites that they could access. I'm not sure if this  
ublicly accessible net-work is still in operation. If anyone knows,  
lease post information about it.
If it is, the French public or people living in the vicinity of any  
uclear facility would be able to monitor results, on-line,  of the gross  
amma measurements being made. This would allow interested parties to see  
-and come to understand variations in normal background [such things as  
irborne radon daughter washout, and daughter product decay]. Radon  
ashout can increase ground level gross radiation exposure dose rates by  
0% and more, which the public and most others do not understand to be  
appening routinely.
In the event of an unusual release, the public will know what the elevated  
amma levels are, where exposure is elevated, and know that information is  
ot being hidden from them. This emergency monitoring network does a lot  
o help people understand that emergency plan monitoring capability exists  
n advance of a problem, and that plant operators, and the local, state  
nd federal regulatory agencies will be able to immediate know what is  
oing on.
This will only help to build trust, greater understanding of environmental  
adiation issues, and hopefully greater acceptance of nuclear power  
laying a significant role in meeting the baseload energy needs of modern  
ociety.
Stewart Farber
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n Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:12:03 -0500, Lawrence Jacobi  
rjacobi at jacobiconsulting.net> wrote:
> I can't decide if this is a good idea or not.  I don't see any harm in  
 the city doing its own radiation monitoring, but I can see where it  
 might cause confusion if it is done poorly.  And, during an actual  
 offsite release from a radiological facility, it could be a source of  
 hysteria if it is not properly coordinated with the federal, state and  
 local emergency response units.

 San Clemente panel urges radiation monitoring in new city blueprint



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