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WIPP radiation release timeline

SUBHEAD: 33 Minute DELAY in Hepa filter start after Waste Isolation Pilot Plant radiation alarm sounded.

By Ms. X on 2 March 2014 for Pissin' on the Roses -
(http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2014/03/wipp-math-alert-33-minute-delay-in-hepa.html)

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Image above: Cutaway diagram of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad in Eddy County, NM. From (http://webberenergyblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/wipp-forbes-and-doe.png).

Our calculations show that the existing data released by the authorities points to the conclusion that the DOE WIPP site spewed out Plutonium laden air for at least 33 minutes after the initial Hydrogen / Methane explosion, PRIOR TO the HEPA filters being switched on.

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Image above: Screen shot of spreadsheet calculating radioactive release from WIPP nuclear waste facility. From original article. Click to embiggen.

Those who investigated Watergate "followed the money" to investigate the break-in; we here at the POTRBLOG site "FOLLOW THE MATH" to investigate WIPPgate, HEPA-GATE, Lung Cancer- Gate, what ever you want to call it.

 Likewise, we have a proven reliable WIPP inside source reminiscent of a "Linda Susan Boreman" pseudonym. That inside source was able to provide us data DAYS before WIPP made it public; such as the fact the WIPP site had a detection in the MILLIONS of Disintegrations Per Minute.

Even with an inside source at WIPP, our MATH presumption is (and has been) that authorities are truthful and honest with their information and data that they release about the WIPP's Plutonium disaster. However, we do follow the adage of "TRUST BUT VERIFY". In that regard, we compare the math which results from the data they have released, to the reassuring narrative they feed to the public.

So far the official data we have used is based on information from a "engineering" group funded by DOE which goes by the acronym CERMC.  Their data is from an air filter which was running days before and days after in what they described as the "Brief Moments" during which un-HEPA filtered Plutonium and Americium contaminated air was released from WIPP's ventilation system.  DOE has also described a "automatic" activation of the HEPA filters after the radiation alarm sounded.

Since it is our policy to take the officials (and their data) at their word, we have used a Cost As a Independent Variable (CAIV) type strategy to calculate the size and density of the Plutonium release, using a "Brief Moment" 30 second HEPA filter automatic start time as the INDEPENDENT variable from which to calculate both the radioactive density of the Plutonium cloud in Becquerels per cubic meter and the size of the cloud in cubic meters.

We have used that methodology because the radioactive density reported to the public by CEMRC assumed the released happened over a 7 period, instead of the "brief moments" they claimed.

When we "followed the math", the story didn't square with what the public was told, ie 'the release was less than EPA reportable requirements' (supposedly 37bq/m^3 for Plutonium). In fact, the math showed levels thousands of times greater than EPA reportable requirements for Plutonium.

Fast forward to Thursday 2/27/14 when our inside WIPP source responded to a report we did concerning WIPPs very significant efforts to STABILIZE the Ventilations system.

We were provided some utterly shocking information by the inside source, which has forced us to abandon using a 30 second "Brief Moments" automatic HEPA filter ventilation switch over in the aftermath of the Radiation Alarm as the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE by which to do the calculations.

Its clear to us that we have a much better chance of knowing the truth if we calculate how long it took for someone to switch the HEPA filters on, assuming that all the other information is truthful.

In that regard we are now using the reportable EPA Plutonium limit of 37 Bq/M^3 as the independent variable. That EPA limit makes for a better independent variable, because one  might assume there is some sort of legal penalty for lying about exceeding it. So, assuming all the other information provided by the authorities is truthful, we can calculate how long it took to for someone to turn the HEPA filters on by holding 37 Bq/M^3 as the number that must be met for all else to be true.

Based on that, the MATH says it took somebody at WIPP around 33 minutes to switch on the HEPA filters after the radiation alarm initially sounded. We pray he/she was UPwind of the release the entire time, else we fear he/she may meet the same end which the "human robots" did at Chernobyl.

The people downwind still have a lot to be concerned about too. Because, either by deception or incompetence, the authorities are weaving a very tangled web in which  the math of their claims undermines the veracity of their public statements. Be wise, BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE!

3/2/14 Edited to add Epilogue, the last key thing to consider is that the Plutonium release would not have been a uniformly distributed 37 Bq/m^3 during that 33 minute unfiltered release of Plutonium.

There would have been an initial massive spike in radiation density during the first minutes of the release (tied to the initial explosion). With that in mind, from a EPA reporting standpoint it would have been in WIPP's interest to delay the activation of the HEPA filters until the average radioactive density of the Plutonium cloud dropped below "reportable levels".


Video above: From original article and (http://youtu.be/UC53BHyblqg).

Sources:
Insider WIPP Information Indicates PLUTONIUM CLOUD WAS MUCH LARGER Than Previously Calculated!

HIGH RISK of New Large Plutonium Release! 'Stabilization Efforts' Indicative of Explosion Damaged Ventilation System!

CEMRC Ambient Air Sampling Results Following 2-14-14 Radiation Detection Event

http://web.ornl.gov/sci/rmal/radiochm.htm




Stay out of the rain! 

SUBHEAD: JetStream To WIPP Plutonium Up I-44 Corridor: OKC, Stroud, Tulsa, Joplin, Springfield, Rolla, Saint Louis, Chicago.


By Ms. X on 28 February 2014 for Pissin' on the Roses -
(http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2014/03/wipp-math-alert-33-minute-delay-in-hepa.html)


Saint Louis local TV channel 2 is forecasting the Jet Stream to flow directly from the WIPP Plutonium disaster up through the I-44 corridor into Saint Louis (see the 1:18 video below). In the Spring that often means Tornado's, this time it means PLUTONIUM embedded in Rain, Ice, & Snow Storm hitting Saint Louis Saturday evening.

We wish could better quantify the risk of this event to Saint Louis, but the authorities have not released enough data for us to make a good assessment. The data they have released  indicates that the WIPP site was still releasing approximately 6,667 Becquerel of Pu239 + Am241 every minute, based on an estimated 20,000 cubic meter per minute mine ventilation exhaust rate.

Given that there will likely be Plutonium present, and that rain/ice/snow fall may concentrate it, we believe it wise to take prudent risk avoidance measures. For us, that means avoiding travel, staying indoors, and using HEPA filters. Precipitation allowing, we will attempt to take surface samples.

We will have our LIVE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR RADIATION MONITORS up and running. However, we think it unlikely that we will be able to identify a noticeable spike from Plutonium, even if it is present. We may have had such a detection on 2/15, but that Plutonium plume was much larger than what is expected to arrive this weekend. But in anycase, better safe than sorry.

Sources:
TIME ZERO Plutonium Cloud was 330 MILLION Becquerels in Size; DOE Claims Current Releases Safe--BUT
http://fox2now.com/weather/forecast/#ooid=txamF4azp7DKd1usCIEXJyzxjX9I0G-C



Risk of additional plutonium release

SUBHEAD: Hepa filter 'Stabilization Efforts' Indicative of explosion damaged ventilation system!

By Ms. X on 2 March 2014 for Pissin' on the Roses -
(http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2014/03/wipp-math-alert-33-minute-delay-in-hepa.html)

Current Ventilation Stabilization Efforts At WIPP may result in HEPA filtration failure, explosion, and additional Plutonium releases; THIS IS A HIGH RISK TIME PERIOD; BE PREPARED.

Previously we stated: 
"We believe that it is unlikely that the DOE WIPP site has Air Filtration systems capable of surviving an explosion."
Today a WIPP official seemingly has confirmed our analysis by stating that they were trying to stabilize their mine ventilation system, they have put up scaffolding, and even built a mock up of the system so that outside experts could stabilize it. Here is our transcript of what the official said, we have included a link to the actual audio below.

 "So this is this is the scaffolding that we have set up, right by where our exhaust filter building is. So The first step we wanna make sure to do is that we stabilize our mine ventilation system, and we have the experts already on site dats been working on dis. We actually built mock ups before dey showed up ugh on site, to make sure that you know once we establish dis at the facility its going to work. Ok so once we work on this and and get this thing done. And And I am letting you know dat we're gonna do dis quite rapidly, ok with in the next few days. Then we will follow our next step which is to re enter the mine. Ok"
Sources:
https://soundcloud.com/mike-jaxson/farok-sharif-at-thursday-wipp#t=2:15
Albuquerque Air Force Base Orders 1,200 Particulate Radiation Suits
http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-document-trail-points-to-radiation.html
We See Risk of "Back Draft" Explosion @ DOE WIPP Site: We Would EVACUATE If We Lived Within 100 Miles
DOE Caught Bending The Truth Again! Falsely Claims Release Material Was Predominately Americium.
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Cocooning Fukushima Daiichi

SUBHEAD: Tepco is talking with the US DOE on whether cocooning could work for the crippled reactors in Fukushima.

By Shigeru Sato on 15 August 2013 for ENE News -
(http://enenews.com/just-in-tepco-now-in-talks-to-cover-fukushima-reactors-with-concrete-for-next-75-years-officials-reviewing-plan-with-u-s-experts)


Image above: Still frame from video below explaining Fukushima reactor failures. From (http://enenews.com/french-nuclear-experts-corium-pierce-steel-liners-fukushima-reactors-deep-erode-concrete-video) .

[... Tepco] has sent engineers on visits to the Hanford site in Washington state this year to learn from decades of work treating millions of gallons of radioactive waste. Hanford also has a method to seal off reactors known as concrete cocooning that could reduce the 11 trillion yen ($112 billion) estimated cost for cleaning up Fukushima. [...]

At Hanford, the energy department finished a $65 million cocooning project in June last year, the DOE said in a statement. That involved demolishing the last one of the nine reactor buildings down to the four-foot- (1.2 meter) thick concrete shield around the reactor core.

More concrete was added to the shield, along with a new concrete roof to put the reactor into so-called safe storage for 75 years. This allows radiation levels to decay to safer levels in the core and gives the operator time to determine the final disposal method, according to the statement.

There are three ways to decommission nuclear reactors, said Ishikawa. One is immediate dismantling. Another, used at the wrecked Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, entombed the whole building in concrete. The third is cocooning used at Hanford. Entombing and cocooning cost less than immediate dismantling as it reduces the expense for handling and moving highly radiated material, Ishikawa said.

Tepco is talking with the DOE on whether cocooning could work for the crippled reactors in Fukushima. Sealing them off in concrete for 75 years would allow more focus on cleaning up surrounding areas so that residents could return, said Ishikawa. [...]


Video above: An animated history of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. From (https://www.youtube.com/JMaEjEWL6PU).

See also:
Ea O Ka Aina: G20 Item #1 - Fix Fulushima 8/7/13
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The Fix was In

SOURCE: Katie Young (k.gelfling@gmail.com)
SUBHEAD: Auditor says Hawaii DOE rigged billion dollar solar energy contract to favor Chevron.

By Purna Nemani on 16 July 2013 for Hawaii Free Press -
(http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/10149/Auditor-DoE-Rigged-Billion-Dollar-Solar-Contract-to-Favor-Chevron.aspx)


Image above: From 2010 "Chevron Agrees" ad campaign that blew green smoke up the public's skirt. From (http://businessethicsblog.com/2010/10/19/chevron-agrees/).

Hawaii fired an auditor for pointing out that a Chevron Energy project bid would cost the state $284 million more than a competitor, and for objecting when her bosses told her to destroy the audit that showed it, the auditor claims in court.

Sarah McCann sued Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi.

Hawaii hired McCann on Nov. 4, 2012, "as an emergency hire to be involved in the DOE's Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Master Program ('EESMP')," McCann says in the complaint.

It continues: "Plaintiff did not apply for this position, but was offered the position by the DOE. To accept the position, plaintiff put her own business, Clever EV Inc., on hold with the expectation that she would be paid a market-rate program manager salary after the EESMP program got underway.

"The EESMP is a capital investment project which, if it is ever undertaken properly, will reduce the annual operating expenses of the DOE by supplying electrical power to school campuses from solar and wind energy in accordance with the Board of Education's Sustainability Act 6710."

McCann says in the complaint that the entire procurement project will cost Hawaii taxpayers $1 billion. She was told to manage the project, from Request for Proposals to completion, for an estimated five to seven years. She reported directly to nonparties Duane Kashiwai and Gilbert Chun at the DOE, according to the complaint.

"The EESMP RFP was issued in two phases. Phase One assessed vendor qualifications, and Phase Two was a vendor selection process in which the DOE's stated intent throughout the RFP drafting process was to select the lowest priced pre-qualified vendor," the complaint states.

"Following Phase One of the EESMP RFP, the DOE narrowed the field of potential vendors to two companies: Prime Solutions Inc. ('Prime') and Chevron Energy Solutions ('Chevron')."

McCann says she audited the two proposals with a volunteer energy engineer "at the direct request of a superior at the DOE."

"The Audit concludes, inter alia, that Chevron's RFP response was legally nonresponsive and that the DOE's selection committee should disqualify the non-responsive proposal and award the RFP contract to the lowest priced responsible bidder, which is Prime," the complaint states.

"The Audit also concludes that the Chevron proposal will cost the State of Hawaii significantly more money than the Prime proposal, even though the Chevron proposal is non-responsive.

"In fact, the audit concludes that $284 million dollars 'is the conservative estimate of the potential lost additional savings for the State of Hawaii.'

"Plaintiff provided a copy of the Audit to Chun, who provided it to other persons within the DOE, including Christian Butt, the procurement officer.

"Chun was instructed by Christian Butt to instruct Plaintiff to destroy all copies of the Audit.

"Butt believed that the audit could be used as evidence that the DOE improperly conducted the EESMP RFP selection process.

"Plaintiff was aware that physically destroying evidence in anticipation of a legal proceeding is prohibited under Hawaii law. See HRS § 710-1076. [Tampering With Physical Evidence.]

"On or before June 5, 2013, Kashiwai expressed to Chun that he would like to terminate plaintiff because she had expressed concerns to Kashiwai's superior regarding the procurement process and Kashiwai's intent to select Chevron without any justification for its price differential."

McCann claims that Chun succumbed to pressure from Kashiwai, from defendant Matayoshi and from others, and she was fired by email two weeks later

She seeks damages for Whistleblower Protection Act violations, breach of implied contract and retaliation.

She also seeks five to seven years of lost wages and for the project.

McCann is represented by Bert Kobayashi of Kobayashi Sugita & Goda.

LINK: FULL TEXT OF LAWSUIT

LINK: McCann vs Matayoshi Exhibits D, E, F

2008: Chevron Energy Solutions Expands into Hawaii (Follow the names and see how Chevron has bought into the local power structure.)
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