Los Alamos lab calls in special team to track levels of plutonium and uranium in air

[IScreamSundays]

Source: enews

N.M. facility calls in teams to track readings that measure levels of plutonium and uranium in the air ‘as a precaution’

<... T>he facility called in special teams to track readings from a network of 60 monitoring stations that measure levels of substances such as plutonium and uranium in the air “as a precaution,” said lab director Charles McMillan. <...>

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico, who was visiting evacuees at the Santa Claran Hotel Casino in Espanola, said “there’s no doubt” the lab stores a variety of hazardous and radioactive materials that “you don’t want to escape in the atmosphere.” But he said he was confident lab and state environmental officials had monitoring systems in place to “evaluate exactly what we’re seeing here.” <...>

Read more: http://enenews.com/los-alamos-lab-calls-special-team-track-levels-plutonium-uranium-air

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Not sure if this is a permissible source

[damntexdem]

1. I'm certainly glad the nuclear industry and its governmental counterparts have it all under control.

Now if they would just use those controls to promote safety. Oh, wait -- they don't have THAT MUCH control when it comes to nukes.

[plumbob]

2. "monitoring systems in place to “evaluate exactly " means

that we will know exactly what killed you and by how much.

It's beyond doublespeak - the nukular guys are using triplespeak at least.

[ensho]

3. kick

nt