Are you not allowed to post the air sampling results?

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2011-03-24 11:15

Thank you and your team for the good work!

When will you post the air sampling results?

You wrote:
"3/23 (9:00am): ... Air samples for the last 3 days will be posted today as we have calibrated our system. Estimated limits of detectability will also be posted today for both water and air sampling systems."

I specially would like to know if Plutonium has been detected.

Thak you.

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delay in posting

Submitted by cbates (not verified) on Thu, 2011-03-24 11:58.

There has been no plutonium detected in the either air or water. We also do not expect to detect plutonium because it is not as readily transported as the noble gas and alkali metal fission products we have observed so far. The reason the air monitoring results have been delayed is because we want to be sure that we are presenting accurate results. While measuring the number of counts we see in our detector from a sample is relatively simple determining the concentration in air based on that measurement is not.