Just curious...

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2011-06-05 12:26

I'm still curious as to why the BRAWM air results are so significantly different - in direction - as the EPA results. In general, most of the EPA cities, at least in California, continue to spike up and down significantly rather than continuing a slow downward trend as with BRAWM air monitoring.

Also, more importantly, can anyone here possibly explain why, in the EPA results, a town like Spokane and could have such significantly different results -- real strong spiking --- than all the other cities in that very same state, or in Oregon, which remain quite static? Is it equipment?

Thank you.

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EPA

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-06-05 14:49.

If you mean the EPA radnet tracking, take a look pre-Fukushima. Plenty of spiking/dropping, all the time. Has to do with radon and lots of other factors. And, if you want to really see something, check out the beta measurements in Colorado...

Specific isotopes

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-06-05 17:37.

The EPA monitors are showing gross beta count and various gamma ranges. The BRAWM team is reporting measurements for specific isotopes (Cs-134, Cs-137, I-131, etc). The specific isotopes the BRAWM team is reporting on are going down. But, the normal background radiation that always exists and is always going up and down (including spikes) is still there.

So those Beta counts by the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-06-06 13:02.

So those Beta counts by the EPA don't reflect these lowering specific isotopes?