2nd radiation release indicated at New Mexico site

[n2doc]

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — New air sampling data from southeastern New Mexico's troubled nuclear waste dump indicates there has been another small radiation release.

Department of Energy officials say a monitoring station picked up elevated radiation readings around the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad on March 11. That's nearly a month after a Valentine's Day leak contaminated 17 workers and shut the only repository for toxic waste from the nation's nuclear bomb-building program.

Engineers say they believe the contamination is from previous deposits on the inner surface of exhaust ductwork.

Officials say occasional low-level releases are anticipated, but they should be well within safe limits.

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http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/2nd-radiation-release-indicated-at-New-Mexico-site-5329256.php

[Octafish]

1. This has been all over the news not.

Thank you for the heads-up, n2doc. Here's what the local newspaper reports:

http://www.currentargus.com/carlsbad-news/ci_25361776/doe-wipp-rumors-about-harmful-radiation-spread-inaccurate?source=pkg

[Junkdrawer]

2. Arnie Gundersen is following this:

http://fairewinds.org/media/fairewinds-videos/whats-leaking-nuclear-waste-isolation-pilot-program

[Gman]

3. Even during Fukushima, Three Mile Island and Chernobyl

Have they EVER said it's not safe?