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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Lab: Radiation detected above ground near WIPP site east of Carlsbad

Carlsbad Current-Argus, Feb. 19, 2014: Traces of radiation have been found approximately half a mile northwest of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant [...] Tests by the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center [...] showed evidence of trace amounts of americium and plutonium on an air filter Wednesday afternoon [...] [CEMRC director Russell] Hardy said even though trace amounts of radiation were detected between Tuesday and Sunday, it’s important to note that radiation levels have been “very low and are well below any level of public and environmental hazard.”http://www.currentargus.com/ci_25179328/lab-radiation-detected-above-ground-near-wipp-site


Radiation detected near WIPP

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3332019.shtml?cat=500#.UwYpJoWGeVp

Radiation leak forces closure at New Mexico waste burial site

Normal operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant have been suspended for four days as the leak is investigated.


 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-radiation-leak-20140218,0,2098213.story#axzz2tsaJk8SQ

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