Posted on 02/27/2014 11:57:13 AM PST by Birdsbane
“We found radiation, contaminated materials, in playgrounds and in areas that had previously been playgrounds,” said McLean, 52, who lives in North Carolina. “We found it in front yards. We found it underneath sidewalks and along the roadways.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cironline.org ...
It is extremely disturbing because there is no such thing as a cesium-127 isotope.
Think they meant 137?
“McLean reported finding radium pieces that emitted enough radiation for a person at close range to receive, in an hour, five times the maximum radiation a nuclear worker is allowed to absorb in a year.”
He’s finding multiple sources emitting at 25 REM per hour?
This is the first post I have ever put up and was not aware that the link I provided did not lead directly to the article. Scroll down on the link page to the article below. An internet search will reveal many other sources...
“Treasure Island cleanup exposes Navy’s mishandling of its nuclear past.”
Sorry, a typo on the Cesium...
“It is extremely disturbing because there is no such thing as a cesium-127 isotope.”
It is extremely disturbing that people post without reading the article.
Ok, Ok, already...just a typo on my part that I missed during my proof reading. I apologize.
I have read the article and more...
http://www.mesothelioma.com/asbestos-exposure/jobsites/shipyards/treasure-island-naval-station.htm
-PJ
“Pelosi Island is a toxic dump?”
I hope this bites her hard in both arse cheeks...not volunteering mind you...
This will seem like nothing once those chinese rivets start popping and the Bay Bridge collapses during rush hour.
>> He’s finding multiple sources emitting at 25 REM per hour?
My personal bullshiite dosimeter pegged on this news, I can tell you that.
The source is a website that is funded by law firms specializing in mesothelioma claims.
I don’t doubt there are hotspots. For example I wouldn’t fish off the Farallon Islands for the next 1000 years, but this kind of heat would light up a satellite tracking such things pretty readily.
These are the same nut cases reporting radiation in California from Fukushima.
They were also reporting Radon emissions near Reno 2 months ago.
Junk research from people who know nothing about radiation.
I won a six week summer vacation at Treasure Island with meals and transportation included.
Speaking of Chinese rivets, how many nuke subs have they built and put to sea?
Back in the 80’s & 90’s it was 300 milli rem per 7 days. A worker could take all that in one shift or any amount during the 7 days that would add up to 300. Of course what you picked up was dropped off after 7 days. If you picked up 25mR then 8 days later you got that back.
You always knew when a big Hot job was on the horizon because all work would stop so they could get all the workers to start at 0 and to be able to take their full dose.
Quickest I was ever burnt out was 1 minute. They had guys lined up a hundred deep outside the zone ready to go in. Those jobs were pretty rare though. That was out at N Reactor on the Hanford site were they were cooking uranium to produce plutonium. Don’t recall ever burning out on a commercial plant.
No problem.
The practice at FR is to use the article’s title rather than edit your own.
In regards to the article’s content:
Yes, the military was pretty sloppy with its handling of radioactive materials in the 1940s/50s/60s. I was tangentially involved with the cleanup of a Navy reactor in Windsor, CT. They simply buried their low level waste in unlined 55 gallon drums in the woods.
Treasure Island is more a case of ‘its worse than we thought’ than a cover-up. It is a known contaminated site.
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