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Elevated Gross Beta Readings
Franz, shame on you for your personal attacks on Noel! Although maybe not
attributable to Tokaimura (maybe a volcano burped somewhere?), this elevated
gross beta phenomenon during the second half of October 1999 was indeed noted in
more areas than just California. As I wrote earlier, my monitors picked it up
here in Missouri (with a corresponding increase in gross alpha), and I spoke to
an individual in North Carolina yesterday morning who is further evaluating his
data for the same time period. I know also that the EPA increased their level of
monitoring when they learned of the accident, perhaps overkill, but it was done
nonetheless. If anyone from NAREL (EPA's National Air and Radiation
Environmental Laboratory) is lurking out there, I'd appreciate your input. It
will take a couple of years for EPA's data for that time period to show up on
the NAREL web site.
Has anyone picked up higher than usual levels of fission products on your air
filters for the third or fourth week of October 1999? This site doesn't
typically analyze for those radionuclides.
Thanks,
Elizabeth Algutifan, CHP
Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project
St. Charles, Missouri
Elizabeth_Algutifan@wssrap-host.wssrap.com
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Subject: Re: No subject given, protest
Author: <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 03/22/2000 3:35 PM
At 10:44 13.03.2000 -0600, you wrote:
> Dear Radsafe administrator,
> I wopuld like to post the following message but have not been able
> to do so. Please healp.
>
> 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
NO, No, No!!!!!!!!!!
Taking the "risk" to be again flamed over and over again I fully protest
against such an incredible message and the incredible conclusions of
drawing a parallel from TokaiMura to some gross-beta increase at some
station in the USA. Everybody who has the slightest idea about the Tokai
Mura accident, the order of magnitude of worst case release and the
dilution which would most probably result in less than one atom of a Tokai
Mura radionuclide per km3 in the USA should clearly protest against such an
interpretation. Is this interpretation intended for the mass media to be
cited and probably to appear personally in TV? Is this a case for
Greenpeace or similar groups in order to increase radiophobia?
Even when not taking into account the more than questionable significance
of gross measurements the arbitrary attribution of these measurements to an
event not at all related to the measurement has to be refused.
If I were a regulator or inspector involved with this NPP I would take very
serious actions to improve the quality of persons involved in environmental
surveillance at this NPP.
Franz
Franz Schoenhofer
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: +43-1-495 53 08
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