Collected all I could found on this subject. Does not look good: http://justpaste.it/ejs9
Thanks for that link. Ironically, I found it also at NETC forum. And I thought it was only me that noticed all the NETC detectors going off east of Texas (correction: STILL going off)...
Yes, they’re all Gamma-based, but they seem to be reacting to something, and the isotopes alleged to be released seem to fit the bill. Ironically, it was a malfunctioning detector in Evansville, IN that got my attention, as I periodically go there to see ‘trends’.
You’d think somewhere out there there’s a forum where people are posting their Alpha readings; I can’t find it.
Also, the latest seems to indicate that the filters didn’t kick in at WIPP for 33 minutes:
http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2014/03/wipp-math-alert-33-minute-delay-in-hepa.html
I had found the report after my last post & downloaded the file (slow download) but didn't read it yet.
The bottom line is the only public explanation WIPP's operators give for running the ventilation system 24/7 is for 'diesel engine operation' (venting fumes & Carbon Monoxide).
However, anyone familiar with the waste storage knows that the waste drums are 'vented' as a percentage of the waste does generate explosive gases. Not sure how they planned to mitigate that, as it's impossible to find that discussion in any engineering documents as far back as the '90s. It's fairly common knowledge that salt behaves like a plastic and can trap at least Methane & Helium, but that's under natural processes in a salt formation, not in a nuclear waste panel sealed off manually post-mining. It seems logical that the ventilation system serves a secondary purpose to vent explosive methane & hydrogen as byproducts of the stored waste. It also seems logical that a closed bulkhead would trap the gases.
It's all a bit moot, though, as a salt cavern cannot be decontaminated. Publicly they keep talking up 'how important WIPP is' but there's no way workers can safely work in that mine now, sans maybe stuffing the last of the shipped waste currently being stored in the open due to the fact the en-route shipments have continued to arrive at the facility. They might be able to accomplish that in full protective gear, but the facility is contaminated.
I think the taxpaying public deserves to know what to expect and why they refuse to own up to the reality.
One more thing: Everyone defending WIPP says the waste is 'just gloves & trash' & 'byproducts of lab work' and is 'safe to store'. Environment Department Fines WIPP $2.4 Million for Waste Analysis Failure, Requests More information on Improperly Disposed Waste. Uh-huh:
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) today (August 31, 2004) issued a compliance order to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for violations of state hazardous waste management regulations carrying a total civil penalty of $2,397,450. These violations concern shipments of radioactive waste from the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) between March and July of this year.Maybe someone else can find data on this; I can't. Best I can find without accessing WIPP's database is that these 107 drums are still in the ground, in sealed panel. I did find this NMED Administrative Compliance Order, Nov. 26, 2007, which I believe might be the final compliance order on the above matter. Interestingly, completely destroying the lie that 'no liquid waste' is stored at WIPP:These shipments of mixed waste from INEEL’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project contained 107 drums that had not undergone the proper testing to ensure that they were eligible and safe for WIPP disposal.
NMED’s Compliance Order also requires DOE to submit to NMED a plan for removing this untested waste from the repository and a technical justification demonstrating that all 107 drums pose no elevated risk to human health and the environment. Both of these documents have a 30-day deadline.
“After a careful analysis of the existing information on this waste, we have decided to not order it removed from WIPP at this time,” said Secretary Curry. “This decision involved several factors including the safety of WIPP’s workers and the best use of taxpayers’ money. However, we will not grant DOE final approval on disposal of these 107 drums until the reports are received from DOE and carefully reviewed.”
13. Permit Condition II.C.3.a states, "Liquids - liquid waste is not acceptable at WIPP. Waste shall contain as little residual liquid as is reasonably achievable by pouring, Page 3 of 35 pumping and/or aspirating, and internal containers shall contain less than 1 inch or 2.5 centimeters of liquid in the bottom of the container. Total residual liquid in any payload container (e.g., 55-gallon drum, standard waste box, etc.) may not exceed 1 percent volume of that container."and
The memo states that although RTR has identified a few drums with containerized liquids, AK indicated containerized liquids were not expected in waste stream LA-MIN03-NC.OO1. It also states that "it is Page 12 of 35 unknown if any containerized liquids were embedded in" the 122 drums that were certified by VE in lieu of RTR and emplaced at WIPP because the VEE "looked at only the top of the waste form."I find nothing in this Compliance Order that stipulates the 107 drums were removed. Never mind the fact that the above Compliance Order now cites 121 drums...
There ARE drums in WIPP's panels containing components of waste capable of generating explosive gases. That's a fact.