[ RadSafe ] WIPP awaits analysis of radiation

[bielada at roadrunner.com]

I have to guess that it will be a long time before WIPP re-opens.

---- "Strickert wrote: 
> From WIPP's press release (http://j.mp/1c5cQAR):
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> "The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today reported new environmental monitoring data from samples collected at numerous locations on and around the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Results indicate slightly elevated levels of airborne radioactive concentrations, which are consistent with the waste disposed of at WIPP. The samples taken demonstrate these concentrations remain well below a level of public or environmental hazard."
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> But the "slightly elevated levels of airborne radioactive concentrations, which are consistent with the waste disposed of at WIPP" does tarnish the concept of "WASTE ISOLATION Pilot Plant."
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> Rick Strickert
> Austin, TX
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