[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "Biggs Airfield bunker radiation 7 times acceptable level"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force report: Biggs Airfield bunker radiation 7 times acceptable level

By Diana Washington Valdez 
El Paso Times (TX)
September 15, 2013

Radiation levels detected at an old Biggs Airfield bunker were nearly seven times higher than established acceptable safe levels, according to a U.S. military report obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

The U.S. Air Force Safety Center prepared the July 3 report for Fort Bliss titled, "Trip Report, Inspection of Former Air Force Weapons Storage Area (WSA), Biggs Army Airfield."

During a site visit in June, the Air Force inspectors took alpha and beta particle readings in a storage igloo or bunker (Building 11507) with two devices, a Ludlum Model 2360 meter and a Ludlum Model 43-89 probe. They also conducted complex calculations, and applied estimates that the inspectors described as "conservative."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_24097994/air-force-report-radiation-contamination-at-biggs-bunker

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Lenny Siegel
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