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TV: “Disturbing new development in WIPP radiation leak, surprising words today” — “What went wrong and why, those are some of the questions swirling around” — County official calls it ‘a disaster’ (VIDEOS)

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Published: February 27th, 2014 at 8:30 pm ET
By ENENews

KRQE, Feb. 27, 2014 at 7:44p ET: Disturbing new development in the WIPP radiation leak. Surprising words today that 13 workers at the WIPP near Carlsbad tested positive for radiation exposure after the leak almost 2 weeks ago. […] No one knows yet how bad the situation is in that storage area […] DOE said 13 WIPP staff who were working above ground the day of the leak have tested positive for radiation. Officials said it is too early to know what that means for the workers’ health, but that people in contact with them are not at risk. Residents are still concerned. “I don’t think the people really know what’s going on at WIPP,” said Carlsbad resident, Robert Ortiz. […] In a letter to the people of Eddy and Lea counties, DOE said the radiation that got into the air Valentine’s Day was likely at very low levels, no more risky than a chest X-ray. […] The next priority is testing the employees who worked the day after the leak.

KRQE, 7:39p ET: What went wrong and why — those are some of the questions swirling around a radioactive leak at a waste storage facility near Carlsbad that contaminated 13 people.

Eddy County Manager Rick Rudometkin: “Whenever you have a disaster of any kind, there are always issues. You always mitigate the disaster and you move forward.”

See also: US Official: Large amounts of radioactive particles were released during initial ‘puff’ event at leaking nuclear site — Expert: Plutonium can travel ‘a long way’ in wind — TV: “They’re saying we shouldn’t worry… yet; Yet is the key word” (VIDEOS)

Watch the KRQE broadcasts here — and here

See also;

http://majiasblog.blogspot.fr/2014/02/plutonium-from-carlsbad-new-mexico.html

February 28, 2014 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized