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    St. Louis Prepares For Radiation Emergency

    8 OCT 2015

    Authorities in St. Louis County have quietly developed an emergency plan in case a smoldering landfill fire reaches a nuclear waste site 1,000 feet away. Officials say everything is still safe, but the plan notes disaster might strike without warning.

    About 20 miles (32 km) from downtown St. Louis, the Bridgeton Landfill has been spewing toxic smoke since 2010. The cause of the fire and its extent remain unknown. Just 1,000 feet (300 m) away is the West Lake Landfill, a site contaminated in 1973 by radioactive waste dating back to the 1940s. It was designated an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site in 1990, but the federal government is still deciding how to clean up the waste.

    The county released the details of the emergency plan to local news station KMOX, after area residents reported receiving instructions on what to do in a radiation emergency. If the “sub-surface smoldering event” reaches the nuclear waste site, “there is a potential for radioactive fallout to be released in the smoke plume and spread throughout the region,” the document says.

    “This event will most likely occur with little or no warning,” the plan notes, listing the municipalities directly affected as Bridgeton, Hazelwood, Maryland Heights, the Village of Champ and the City of St. Charles.



    County Executive Steve Stenger assured the public that the plan, drafted in October 2014, was “not an indication of any imminent danger” and that the procedures were merely a precaution.

    “It is [the] county government's responsibility to protect the health, safety and well-being of all St. Louis County residents,” he said in a statement. “None of this is meant to be alarmist, but you have to be prepared.”

    Both the Bridgeton and the West Lake landfills are owned by Republic Services. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit against the company in 2013, claiming negligent management and violation of state environmental laws, the Associated Press reported. The case is scheduled to go to trial in March 2016.

    Koster told AP that the latest reports about Bridgeton indicated radiological contamination in trees outside the landfill, and there were indications that the fire has moved past the “interceptor wells” and closer to the nuclear waste. Republic Services responded by accusing the state of intentionally causing “public angst and confusion.”

    “County officials and emergency managers have an obligation to plan for various scenarios, even very remote ones,” landfill spokesman Russ Knocke told KMOX. “Bridgeton Landfill, whose management team works closely with the region’s first responder community, is safe and intensively monitored.”


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    The county’s emergency plan includes options for having the population shelter in place, as well as evacuation strategies. Local resources may not be adequate, the document notes, adding that assistance will be required from the federal government, volunteer organizations and businesses.

    Landfill fires have been notoriously difficult to defeat. In the most striking incident, the garbage dump in Centralia, Pennsylvania caught fire in 1962 and spread to the nearby coal mine. After several efforts to halt the blaze failed, the town was evacuated and condemned in 1984. Only seven residents who refused to leave remain in the town, whose postal code was revoked in 2002.

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    "...spewing toxic smoke since 2010." Right over Ferguson.
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    Wow, this is presented in a style as if living this way is normal. Sure seems like the governor should be contacting the Federal government for emergency assistance. Or do you think this is just a message to get us to accept it as normal. If you don't mind, I will not be including this in my future hopes.

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    Your Radiation This Week No 24 – 33 US Cities Over 1,000 CPM During Sept 2015
    Oct 4, 2015

    Quote (San Francisco) Oct 3, 2015 – An unacknowledged nuclear event swept through the Upper Midwest in the United States in September 2015. No terrorist organization or organized military has taken credit for the event.


    In a nutshell, here’s what happened: A powerful nuclear pulse was created somewhere in the upper Midwest and spread a radioactive wave front outward hundreds of miles across America’s Heartland. The pulse was recorded at the few active and published radiation stations with an unmistakable signature.
    Quote These are the American cities that exceeded 1,000 CPM during the month of September 2015 and the count.


    Normal Radiation is 5 to 20 CPM. [6]



    2,217
    CPM, 443.4 Times Normal, Billings, MT. Gamma, Beta.
    1,624 CPM, 324.8 Times Normal, Omaha, NB Gamma, Beta.
    1,617 CPM, 323.4 Times Normal, Pierre, SD Gamma, Beta.
    1,599 CPM, 319.8 Times Normal, Kansas City, KA, Gamma, Beta.
    1,580 CPM, 316 Times Normal, Champaign, IL Gamma, Beta.
    1,528 CPM, 305.6 Times Normal, Worcester, MA. Gamma, Beta.
    1,503 CPM, 300.6 Times Normal, Harrisburg, VA Gamma, Beta.
    1,438 CPM, 287.6 Times Normal, Tulsa, OK Gamma, Beta.
    1,409 CPM, 281.8 Times Normal, Portland, ME Gamma, Beta.
    1,403 CPM, 280.6 Times Normal, Miami, FL. Gamma, Beta.
    1,355 CPM, 271 Times Normal, Mason City, IA Gamma, Beta.
    1,351 CPM, 270.2 Times Normal, Navajo Lake, NM Gamma, Beta.
    1,322 CPM, 264.4 Times Normal, San Diego, CA Gamma, Beta.
    1,274 CPM, 254.8 Times Normal, La Crosse, WI Gamma, Beta.
    1,261 CPM, 252.2 Times Normal, Little Rock, AR Gamma, Beta.
    1,257 CPM, 251.4
    Times Normal, Charleston, WV. Gamma, Beta.
    1,239 CPM, 247.8 Times Normal, Denver, CO. Gamma, Beta.
    1,232 CPM, 237.6 Times Normal, Spokane, WA. Gamma, Beta.
    1,214 CPM, 242.8 Times Normal, Kearney, NE Gamma, Beta.
    1,211 CPM, 242.2 Times Normal, Rapid City, SD. Gamma, Beta.
    1,194 CPM, 238.8 Times Normal, Baltimore, MA Gamma, Beta.
    1,173 CPM, 234.6 Times Normal, Fresno, CA Gamma, Beta.
    1,171 CPM, 234.2 Times Normal, Bakersfield, CA Gamma, Beta.
    1,145 CPM, 229 Times Normal, Bismark, ND. Gamma, Beta.
    1,085 CPM, 217 Times Normal, Tucson, AZ Gamma, Beta.
    1,083 CPM, 215.6 Times Normal, Richmond, VA Gamma, Beta.
    1,066 CPM, 213.2 Times Normal, Concord, NH Gamma, Beta.
    1,056 CPM, 211.2 Times Normal, Hartford, CT Gamma, Beta.
    1,030 CPM, 206 Times Normal, Wichita, KA. Gamma, Beta.
    1,028 CPM, 205.6 Times Normal, Phoenix, AZ Gamma, Beta.
    1,025 CPM, 205 Times Normal, Virginia Beach, VA Gamma, Beta.
    1,015 CPM, 203 Times Normal, Atlanta, GA. Gamma, Beta.
    1,010 CPM, 202 Times Normal, Pittsburgh, PA, Gamma, Beta.



    Normal Radiation is 5 to 20 CPM. [6]


    Highest Recorded Radioactive City in America this week
    Quote In September 2015 some unacknowledged source or sources around Lake Michigan spread measurable radiation all over the country. Like a Devil Wind it could be tracked for several days. Thousands of people know and no one is talking publicly.
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    Have a wonderful radioactive weekend and remember to Dodge the Rads, it’s dangerous out there


    Quote Your Radiation This Week No 26
    By Bob Nichols on October 17, 2015
    Oct 10 to Oct 17, 2015
    (San Francisco) Oct 17 2015 – An unacknowledged nuclear event swept through the Upper Midwest in the United States in September 2015. No terrorist organization, nuclear capable corporation, government agency or organized military has taken credit for the event.

    In a nutshell, here’s what happened: A powerful nuclear pulse was created somewhere in the upper Midwest and spread a radioactive wave front outward hundreds of miles across America’s Heartland. The pulse was recorded at the few active and published radiation stations with an unmistakable signature.

    Bob Nichols

    ______________

    (San Francisco) Oct 17 2015 – Good Day, this is “Your Radiation This Week.” These are the recorded Radiation Highs that affected people this week around the United States and in your neighborhood. You should compare the Rad numbers directly with YRTW No 24, the VT address is below. Let’s get right to it.



    RADIATION CPM* COMPARISON CITY STATE


    *Listed in Counts per Minute, a Count is One Radioactive Decay Registered by the Instrument.

    Winter plain, clouds and sunset
    Winter plain, clouds and sunset

    All Radiation Counts reported are partial Counts. Uncounted types of radiation include Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Neutron and X-Ray radiation. Uncounted radiation, if added, makes the actual Count higher and more dangerous.

    The highest radiation reporting city is listed first, the least radioactive city reporting is listed last. Still, all reporting cities are above normal. These are the American cities that exceeded 1,000 CPM during the week Oct 10 to Oct 17, 2015 and their CPM Count.

    I just could not overlook Washington DC at 372 CPM, not even a low for the District.

    Normal Radiation is 5 to 20 CPM. [6]
    1962 CPM, 392.4 Times Normal, Billings, MT Gamma, Beta.
    1853 CPM, 370.6 Times Normal, Louisville, KY Gamma, Beta
    1645 CPM, 329 Times Normal, Pierre, SD Gamma, Beta.
    1545 CPM, 309 Times Normal, San Diego, CA Inactive 10 -15
    1496 CPM, 299.2 Times Normal, Lexington, KY Gamma, Beta
    1425 CPM, 285 Times Normal, Miami, FL. Gamma, Beta.
    1422 CPM, 284.4 Times Normal, Portland, ME Last Reading
    1393 CPM, 278.6 Times Normal, Navajo Lake, NM Gamma, Beta.
    1355 CPM, 271 Times Normal, Mason City, IA Gamma, Beta.
    1347 CPM, 269.4 Times Normal, Denver, CO. Gamma, Beta.
    1311 CPM, 262.2 Times Normal, Rapid City, SD. Gamma, Beta.
    1311 CPM, 262.2 Times Normal, Spokane, WA. Gamma, Beta.
    1261 CPM, 252.2 Times Normal, Little Rock, AR Gamma, Beta.
    1234 CPM, 246.8 Times Normal, Kansas City, KA, Gamma, Beta.
    1228 CPM, 245.6 Times Normal, Fresno, CA Gamma, Beta.
    1221 CPM, 244.2 Times Normal, Idaho Falls, ID Gamma, Beta.
    1214 CPM, 242.8 Times Normal, Fresno, CA. Gamma, Beta.
    1214 CPM, 242.8 Times Normal, Kearney. NE Dead Inactive Oct2015
    1213 CPM, 242.6 Times Normal, Harrisburg, VA. Gamma, Beta.
    1205 CPM, 241 Times Normal, New York City, NY Gamma, Beta.
    1203 CPM, 240.6 Times Normal, Charleston, WV. Gamma, Beta.
    1171 CPM, 234.2 Times Normal, Bakersfield, CA Gamma, Beta.
    1166 CPM, 233.2 Times Normal, Tulsa, OK Gamma, Beta.
    1159 CPM, 231.8 Times Normal, Concord, NH Gamma, Beta.
    1145 CPM, 229 Times Normal, Bismark, ND. Gamma, Beta.
    1130 CPM, 226 Times Normal, Worcester, MA. Gamma, Beta.
    1121 CPM, 224.2 Times Normal, El Paso, TX. Gamma, Beta.
    1121 CPM, 224.2 Times Normal, Tucson, AZ Gamma, Beta.
    1116 CPM, 223.2 Times Normal, Memphis, TN Gamma, Beta.
    1115 CPM, 223 Times Normal, Tallahassee, FL. Gamma, Beta.
    1095 CPM, 219 Times Normal, Jefferson City, MO Gamma, Beta.
    1088 CPM, 217.6 Times Normal, Champaign, IL Gamma, Beta.
    1083 CPM, 216.6 Times Normal, Richmond, VA Gamma, Beta.
    1081 CPM, 216.2 Times Normal, Atlanta, GA. Gamma, Beta.
    1071 CPM, 214.2 Times Normal, Laredo, TX. Gamma, Beta.
    1056 CPM, 211.2 Times Normal, Hartford, CT Gamma, Beta.
    1030 CPM, 206 Times Normal, Wichita, KA. Gamma, Beta.
    1029 CPM, 205.8 Times Normal, Riverside, CA. Gamma, Beta.
    1028 CPM, 205.6 Times Normal, Phoenix, AZ Gamma, Beta.
    1010 CPM, 202 Times Normal, Pittsburgh, PA, Gamma, Beta.
    1009 CPM, 201.8 Times Normal, Oklahoma City, OK. Gamma, Beta.
    372 CPM, 74.4 Times Normal, Washington, DC. Gamma, Beta.
    Normal Radiation is 5 to 20 CPM. [6]
    .
    Highest Recorded Radioactive City in America this week
    A familiar Leader in the race for the Most Radioactive Weather in America in September is Billings, Montana with 1,962 CPM down from 2,217 CPM last week. Congratulations to Billings, MT, again, as the Most Radioactive City in America for this week.

    Forty-one (41) cities exceeded 1,000 CPM this week, up from Thirty-three (33) cities in Your Rad Weather two weeks ago. That is a new record High for this column. Stay Alert and take all appropriate precautions.

    Changes


    In September 2015 some unacknowledged source or sources around Lake Michigan spread measurable radiation all over the country. Like a Devil Wind it could be tracked for several weeks. Thousands of people know about it and no one is talking publicly.



    German Analysis of Certain Isotopes after Meltdown in 1992


    Hold on to your hat. In 1992 Germany calculated that in reactor meltdowns like Fukushima Daiichi the radioactive isotope Strontium 90 would aggressively poison the environment for 109.2 years and then decline slowly over the next 273 years. Of course, we will all be long dead by then. Other deadly Rad isotopes put Strontium 90’s generous life span to shame.

    The German study is here for those brave enough to tackle it. Source: The IAEA: Dispersion of radionuclides and radiation exposure after leaching by groundwater of a solidified core-concrete melt by Bayer, A.; Tromm, W.; Al-Omari, I. (Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Germany)) from 8. International congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA8)



    Isotope Count reporting


    These CPM numbers do not represent the real radiation counts in your radiation weather for the week. The Rad is actually much higher (worse) than these government certified partial reports say. Use these report numbers as your Starting Point in adding up your daily, monthly and annual exposure from your Rad Weather.

    Most radiation monitors report on the radioactive presence of Cesium 137 and Cesium 134 at the detector. YRTW will report on the secrets the Pros use in estimating the actual Total radiation counts. It is not a pretty picture.

    The Lethality from a specific release goes up for 35 years; then the Lethality declines slightly and hangs steady for thousands of years. Regrettably, for all Normal Humans that is many generations. The end result, of course, is extinction of our species and all others on the planet. Everybody is included; no one is left out. I know of no variety of Humans immune to radiation.

    Day One out of the reactor use a Cesium 137/134 CPM multiplier of 150 Times to get an approximation of the Total Rad. After 15 days outside the reactor the multiplier is still about 100 times the two similarly named Cesium Isotopes – Cesium 137 and Cesium 134. After 10 years have passed from that release, the Multiplier is Five Times the common published Cesium 137 report.

    The Lethality is still increasing though. Yes, the Radiation is going down and the Lethality is going up at the same time for 35 years after a big release. That is a really hard to understand point about Your Rad Weather This Week. Each new major Rad release starts the Cesium countdown clock all over again, too. It gets … complicated with all the overlapping and the daily releases.

    Here’s how you can calculate an estimate of your Total Rad today: Use a reported account of your Cesium 137 CPM and Multiply Times 5. Another way to say it is Cs137CPM X 5.0 = Your Total Radiation Estimate. That’s it. No magic. Just the facts as close as you can calculate it. Good Luck.

    However, provided Cesium 134 is present you are experiencing a recent radioactive release and all bets are off. Why is that? Because the two Rad Isotopes decay at greatly different rates. The relatively long lived Cs 137 is half gone in 30.1 years. The shorter lived Cesium 134 is half gone in only 2.06 years. In addition, the amount of deadly Plutonium 239 is steadily increasing, even out of the reactor or exploded bomb. As a result the Multiplier changes very rapidly.

    Radiation types commonly measured by radiation monitors include Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Neutron and X-Ray radiation. Only Beta and Gamma are reported by the EPA and here on YRTW. The only thing they have in common is that they all kill you. There are also 1,944 more known individual Rad elements, only a few are ever mentioned in articles.

    In short, the newer disaster’s Cesium 137/134 immediate radiation readings so conveniently echoed by official news outlets tell you right away by simple Multiplication how big the disaster really is. Think of it as the insider’s secret code. Multiply away!

    How often do radioactive releases occur? The answer is: Radioactive releases occur daily in most reactors. This almost daily reactor Venting does complicate your health decisions and your estimated Rad readings. May you always have better Rad Weather; but, that’s not likely.

    Isotope detectors
    If you have a lot of money you can buy an Isotope detector that will tell you the name of isotopes it is tuned to detect. They are excellent tools for determining specific Rad elements. More power to you if you can afford one, or a group of you can pony up the Bucks to buy one. In this case knowledge is power. That kind of power can only be bought.

    Without it, you have what the Pro-Nukers laughingly refer to in our lives as “A shortened life span.” That means the Pro-nukers are joyfully killing people these 70 years now since Hiroshima got Nuked by the United States; and, have no intention of stopping. I mean, after all, they get rich slaughtering us.

    Public Domain Master-Sergeant Woods readies the Gallows at Nuremberg in 1946
    Public Domain Master-Sergeant Woods readies the Gallows at Nuremberg in 1946

    Jeeeez, where is Master Sergeant Woods, 3rd Army Hangman in WWII? We need him to hang these stainless steel Psychopaths and their political hirelings, all legal like.

    Previous editions of YRTW
    Five previous columns are at the end of each article. Each YRTW and all my previous Veterans Today columns are at http://www.veteranstoday.com/author/bobnichols/

    Have a wonderful radioactive weekend and remember to Dodge the Rads, it’s dangerous out there
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