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Re: Tokaimura fallout detection
For those of you that saw a 4th quarter increase in gross beta on your
environmental samples, wouldn't it be logical to gamma spect these filters
before implying a relationship to the Tokai event?
Mike Lantz
NOEL HANSEN wrote:
> SUBJECT: Tokai fallout detection in Southern California
>
> We at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (San Clemente
> CA) have
> noted that the gross beta activity from our environmental
> particulate
> air samples is elevated for the collection period ending
> October 26,
> 1999. The values average 6.4e-2 pci/m3. This week has the
> highest
> average and the highest single gross beta reading since
> June 1986 when
> we were seeing fallout from Chernobyl. The lag time from
> the
> Tokaimura accident (~ 3 weeks) is consistent with the
> fallout lag time
> from the Chinese weapons tests in the early 80's and from
> the
> Chernobyl accident.
> Has another member seen elevated radiological
> enviornmental monitoring
> data from this time frame? hansenna@songs.sce.com Noel
> Hansen (949)
> 368-8123
>
>
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