Bonus off-topic item: Radioactive items stolen from Los Alamos National Lab
http://www.abqjournal.com/664275 Police obtained a state search warrant for a vehicle and, on Oct. 7, the lab's radiological assistance program surveyed the vehicle's interior and exterior. The survey found contamination on the steering wheel, gear shift and passenger door that registered 600 to 1,000 DPMs, or disintegrations per minute, a measurement of the amount of energy emitted from a contaminated area. The DOE release limit standard is 20 DPM, according to the affidavit. The bandsaw registered even higher - approximately 100,000 DPM, it says. - - - Basically, people with access to the areas are grabbing contaminated tools and such from Los Alamos Technical Area 54 and Area G, and taking them home to keep and use. How does this match up with National Labs' long-standing claims that it is impossible to exit these areas without radiation screening? This is the kind of story that definitely gives you a really "warm" feeling about government competence -- or rather, a "hot" feeling. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
