KPBS: Concern over reports of high radiation levels near California nuke plant — Results shared with many residents via internet — Homeland Security professor believes readings not correct

KPBS: Concern over reports of high radiation levels near California nuke plant — Results shared with many residents via internet — Homeland Security professor believes readings not correct

Published: March 13th, 2012 at 9:33 pm ET By ENENews Email Article 46 comments Share12

Title: High Radiation Readings At San Clemente May Be False
Source: KPBS
Author: Alison St John
Date: March 13, 2012

High Radiation Readings At San Clemente May Be False
Residents of North County beach communities are concerned by reports of high radiation readings near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). But an expert questions the accuracy of the readings.
Japanese visitors from Fukushima – who participated in an anti-nuclear rally on March 11 – reported high Geiger counter readings on the San Clemente beach. The results of the readings have been shared with many North County residents by email, the Internet and social media, alarming some. [...]
Gene Stone of the group “Residents for a Safe Environment” brought the Japanese visitors from Fukushima to San Clemente. He admitted their Geiger counters may have been faulty. [...]

Murray Jennex, an associate professor at the San Diego State University Homeland Security Program

• “I’ve been monitoring background radiation and radiation in Oceanside off and on for the last year since Fukushima, and I’ve never seen anything above background”
• “So I don’t believe the readings they get were correct”

Read the report here
Here is a link to a site claiming to have a copy of an email on the matter: Radiation Leak at San Onofre?

Published: March 13th, 2012 at 9:33 pm ET By ENENews Email Article 46 comments Share12

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