Co-60 in Cove

[Joel Cehn <jcehn@worldnet.att.net>]

A quick calculation shows that one speck (flea, particle, etc.) of 
cobalt in the sample can account for this hit.  This happened to me now 
and again when I was monitoring around a NPP.  The problem is this:  our 
detection limits are too low!!

Not laughing,
JCehn@att.net

>Local paper picked up on trace amount of Co-60 found in cove adjacent to
>Millstone (see below).  If the measurements are accurate, it amounts toabout
>0.1 to 0.4 pCi/gram of sediment to a 6 inch depth.  We communicated theresults
>of our shellfish samples to Allan Jacgues, the businessman who leases the
>shellfish beds.  Barely detectable activity has been seen in some clams,
>oysters, mussels, and lobsters collected in Jordon Cove and other areasaround
>Millstone.  Oysters collected in the quarry, our discharge canal, routinely
see
>plant related activity.  Barely detectable activity has also been seen in
some
>seaweed and sediment in the vicinity of the plant.

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