RE: Lab Tests Indicate Plutonium in Air

[Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@lanl.gov>]

Are there any data on an official site, e.g., pnl.gov or epa.gov? If not,
why not? Why do we rely on the newspapers for these data?

Mike

At 12:50 PM 7/27/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Here are the figures as released in an article in the local (Richland, Wa
>area) newspaper.  All are for Pu239.
>.00036pci/m^3 in downtown Richland
>.00042pci/m^3 across Columbia river in Pasco, Wa area (southeast of Hanford
>site)
>.00012-.00023pci/m^3 at various other sites around Richland area
>
>For a baseline of "normal" concentration of Pu 239 in the air at Hanford
>site boundary the following was given: ~.0000003pci/m^3

Mike McNaughton
email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov
phone: (505)667-6130
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