United States Federal Government Hiding Critical Information
United States Federal Government Hiding Critical Information About Fukushima Disaster From State Agencies - A Shift Away From Standard Protocols and Methods for Analyzing Radiation
"I recently uncovered a letter from Patrick Mulligan, who works for the State of New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Nuclear Engineering. In this letter Mr Mulligan details the inadequacies of the current emergency response systems in the United States. He clearly outlines the difficulties in communication between state and federal employees. He brings up questions of full disclosure and future emergency response systems readiness."
http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/2011/06/united-states-federal-gove...
It must be relevant because
It must be relevant because the link was removed fast.
The link is still up
http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/2011/06/united-states-federal-gove...
As someone once told Marilyn
As someone once told Marilyn Milos, "You got fired from your job, too? You must have been doing something right."
Interesting Letter
I recommend reading the actual letter that's available via pdf file in the link above. It provides a lot more detail, which gives you a clearer idea of what the complaints were.
One interesting point in the letter is that they were actually complaining about false *positive* detection reports by the EPA that were posted before notifying the state agencies. Which is a little bit diffferent than the short quote in the web page, which was:
"there seemed to be an overall shift away from standard protocols and methods for analyzing radiological samples in an effort to 'find a real number"
Which sounds like the EPA was trying to hide detections. But, the example given was about the EPA and how "the count time for the sample was altered sufficiently long to yield a real number instead of a non-detect had the standard protocols been followed". This created numerous problems for the state. Including the inability to compare results.
I'm not sure what DOE flyovers they are talking about. The only ones I know of are the ones in Japan that produced the deposition maps.
"I'm not sure what DOE
"I'm not sure what DOE flyovers they are talking about. The only ones I know of are the ones in Japan that produced the deposition maps."
Those would be interesting.
Here's that info
There's two links in the page below. The original survey from 5/6 and a more recent one on 6/16, which covers a wider area (especially to the SW) and is more detailed at the lower end of the range.
MEXT and DOE Airborne Monitoring
I think everyone should read
I think everyone should read the letter too.
"I do not think that anyone would argue that because it was in international event that the data acquired would be protected to a certain degree."
- Patrick Mulligan, who works for the State of New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Nuclear Engineering.
http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/2011/06/united-states-federal-gove...
Only the Fed have the
Only the Fed have the details.
I know that if I were the federal gov and had nothing to hide, I would hide it from the state govs.
Just makes sense.
Would you give state officials national security info?
I wouldn't. There is such a thing as a "need to know" basis. How customs is scanning incoming shipments is not something the states need to know. And letting the states know would undoubtedly create a security hole. It's just the sort of info some folks need to sneak a dirty bomb into the country. Personally, I have little faith in all the state agencies keeping quiet about it. In fact, I have little faith in the fed agencies keeping quiet about it. But, the few that know the better.
As for the MEXT/DOE info, I can't imagine the international complexities involved with that collaboration.