RADIATION ALERT - South Bend, IN just east of Chicago

Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:02 pm » by **Rydher**

From radiationnetwork's website,
"Update: 6/6/12, 11:55 P.M. PDT - Very high reading in South Bend, IN station this evening. Reason unknown. Station unresponsive to contact at this late hour. Since this same station has triggered the Alert system before, which Alerts may have been false, and because his current readings do not appear to be corroborated by nearby stations, we have disabled his station for the time being. Will report back when we know more."
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm

Radiation monitoring links here:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/04 ... ing-links/

website post with screenshots here:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/06 ... multiple...

check out the north indiana/south michigan area on RADAR! ..

http://weather.cod.edu/cgi-bin/radarloo ... t=BREF1&...

Blackcatsystems and Radiation Network shown in the video... location in question is north Indiana at the Michigan Border..

TWO different systems.. both showing HUGE spikes in radiation detection..

here is the actual chart from the blackcatsystems location

http://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMap/c ... tml?id=151

.. it is similar to the readings also obtained on Radiation Network --- Alert Level on Radiation Network is 100CPM..... level I personally saw peak was in the 1500CPM range ... others reported as high as 7000CPM...

On Blackcatsystems.. the highest levels I personally saw from this station, so far, is the 3500uR/hr range.

Both levels are EXTREMELY (lethally) high if under prolonged exposure (if legitimate).

Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:06 am » by **Rydher**

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Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:56 am » by **Rydher**

Update: 6/7/12, 7:45 A.M: - False Alert: The alert level reading last evening appears to be a false alert from an equipment malfunction. Here is the station's report:

"out of control readings on the GeigerGraph screen from about 11:30pm local time that occurred while sleeping. My apologies to all. I have no idea what caused this. Shut down GeigerGraph and restarted. Readings from the Geiger were in the normal range (the Geiger operates on A/C). All cable connections are tight and not loose. Am speculating between the GFI and USB Adapter and some sort of voltage spikes. The uninterruptable power supply UPS had lost power and had died - a tripped GFI. I am not going to leave the system running while not at home until I can determine and fix the problem."

By the way, a handful of stations on the Radiation Network feed simultaneously to the Black Cat Systems network, which explains why a high reading was showing on their network at the same time. But Black Cat works in uR/hr instead of CPM, so their radiation level was lower because of the conversion factor between units of measurement.

Source: http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm

Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:13 pm » by **One-23**

Rydher, maybe more to it than just a false reading

Major Nuclear Base Running ‘Containment Exercise’ Amid Censored Radiation Spikes

Amid a number of reports of massive and bizarre radiation readouts coming from experts, eyewitnesses, radiation facilities, and a key choice news outlet, it has now come out that one of the largest nuclear bases is currently running a ‘nuclear containment exercise’. The Minot Airforce Base exercise, running in North Dakota, reportedly involves the use of B-52 aircrafts. The news comes after a developing story arose over the potential cover-up of a nuclear situation stemming from near the border of Indiana and Michigan.

Sources from near where the elevated levels of radiation were observed say that a Department of Homeland Security ‘hazmat’ fleet has been dispatched after ‘years’ of inactivity. The story first erupted after online geiger readings showed an unprecedented radiation spike in the area, with levels reaching as high as 7.139 counts per minute (CPM) over the average of between 5 and 6. While there has been no official reported cause of the spike, there has been quite a bit of foul play regarding the information being put forth by many media outlets, the EPA, and even radiation measurement centers. After the readings shocked viewers, the EPA quickly censored the ability to view the levels online.

Thankfully, the readings were captured in a screenshot, which show the elevated levels far exceeding normal limits.

Measurements were recorded by a number of sources, though the growing publicity over the event has caused denial and censorship from not only the EPA but private organizations as well. The Radiation Network originally released an image showing an outburst in radiation levels stemming from the location, but later issued a special message on their home page stating that the readings were the result of an ‘error’. This, of course, is virtually impossible as the readings were confirmed by two entirely different locations. BlackCat and the Radiation Network both recorded the levels, meaning that the likelihood both of their systems failed at the exact same time and produced the exact same result would be dismal.

As the story develops, more information will undoubtedly come out on the subject. It appears that the EPA’s incognito takedown of the measurement results indicates that the agency, perhaps along with other government organizations, will vehemently deny that there was any real spike in radiation levels. The ‘failure’ message issued by the Radiation Network also shows that it is very possible that an organized level of non-disclosure may ultimately be the result until alternative media organizations continue to pry into the situation.

Read more: http://naturalsociety.com/nuclear-base- ... z1xCPvVXrJ

Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:17 pm » by **Rydher**

Something else that is interesting enough to take note. Go ahead and Google map Davis-Besse nuclear plant. That's awfully close to where those radiation readings were detected.

FirstEnergy Says It’s Fixing a Leak at Ohio Nuclear Plant

FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) (FE) is repairing a leak discovered June 6 as it restarted Davis-Besse nuclear station in Ohio following a refueling outage, a company spokeswoman said.

FirstEnergy can’t say for competitive reasons when it expects to complete the repair to the reactor’s coolant system or when the 913-megawatt unit will come online, Jennifer Young, a spokeswoman for the Akron, Ohio-based company said in a telephone phone interview today.

The amount of radioactive water that sprayed through the pinhole-sized leak was “relatively small” and no radiation was discharged from the plant, Young said.

The leak was below the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission threshold for mandatory reporting, Viktoria Mitlyng, a spokeswoman for the agency in Lisle, Illinois, said today in a telephone interview.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-07/firstenergy-says-it-s-fixing-a-leak-at-ohio-nuclear-plant

Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:32 pm » by **One-23**

They will just deny, pretend it was an anomalous reading, wipe their grubby hands of it because we all know that if it came out that a leak had occurred there would be mass public uproar. They will just blame it on the conspiracy community and our outlandish reasoning and ideas. And the rest of the population will carry on like good little sheeple that they are. I'm fcuking sick of it. We are being shafted and there's not, nada, nilch we can do about it. :hell:

Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:23 pm » by **Seahawk**

You never know what to believe- these days. Wonder what's really going on.

Developing: Nuclear Cover-Up? Extreme Radiation Levels Prompt EPA Censorship, DHS Hazmat Team

Anthony Gucciardi
Activist Post

In a developing story that is raising concerns over a potential nuclear cover-up by the EPA, alarming amounts of radiation were reported near the border of Indiana and Michigan and later censored by the EPA online geiger tool.

The readings, which were captured in a screenshot, measured as high as 7.139 counts per minute (CPM). This is particularly startling, as the normal radiation levels are generally between 5 and 6 CPM. Sources say that a Department of Homeland Security hazmat team has now been dispatched after ‘years’ of inactivity.

A number of community reports have come in on the subject in fact, with readers of community boards and concerned citizens offering up some interesting and intriguing information regarding the potential radiation cover-up.

Discussion over the information first began to surface on Internet boards like Reddit and user-submitted news source Digital Journal. In the Reddit submission, which ultimately reached thousands of comments — many from those in the area who had contacted radiation monitoring stations and other affiliated individuals brought some further information to light.

Latest: Explosions, Military Helicopters Filmed Near Radiation Zone

One Reddit reader, an eyewitness who reportedly attends a nearby University shared some concerning information which quickly rose to the top and was later confirmed by accompanying comments.

According to the user, a large fleet of hazmat team members and reponse trucks funded by Homeland Security have been dispatched after years of inactivity. The comment, which has been screen captured for preservation, states:

I work at a large public university next to a small research reactor that’s located near the back of campus. There’s (normally) a large fleet of hazmat response trucks and trailers parked in the nearby lot. Most of them are NIMS early response vehicles funded by Homeland Security (says so right on them). Haven’t seen them move once since I started working a few years ago. Tonight? All gone.

The Digital Journal submission, however, was promptly edited and much of the shocking detail in the original post was wiped away. They quickly added an edit stating that the measurements must be false due to the fact that they were so high. Comments quickly cited the changes to be inaccurate and bizarre. One comment, currently at the top of the page, states:

I don’t buy this false alarm stuff for one min! There are other independent sources doing their own measuring and coming up with similar results.

As the comment mentions, a number of private organizations have recorded the radiation spike using their own methods to monitor the spike. One such measurement coming from the Radiation Network in Fort Wayne, recorded a massive increase in radiation as seen in the released image below:

Amid the publicity, most likely amounting to hundreds of thousands of visitors to Radiation Network’s website regarding this image — which supports the fact that there is a massive and ongoing radiation cover-up — Radiation Network then issued a quick message on their homepage stating that they must have experienced an error in their system.

Additional findings however, which are now censored to the public, confirm the findings once displayed by the Radiation Network. Again, you can view the original numbers in the screen capture showing the results before they were terminated from viewing by the EPA.

Latest: Major Nuclear Base Running ‘Containment Exercise’ Amid Censored Radiation Spikes

Therefore, to add even more credibility to the spike being much more than an unforeseen error, the increase was actually measured from two entirely different and privately owned locations (BlackCat and the Radiation Network). What this means is that the statements regarding the reading being nothing more than small fluke in the system appear to be quite impossible.

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/06/developing-nuclear-cover-up-extreme.html

BE SAFE!

EDIT- To add: Pertinent, or not, this guy also works for Alex Jones, so....you know

Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:40 pm » by **Seahawk**

False radiation alert sends agencies scrambling
Posted: 06/08/2012 at 1:15 am

by: Marilyn Odendahl
modendahl@etruth.com

SOUTH BEND — A reported spike in radiation levels in South Bend Wednesday evening turned out to be a false alert but still caused government agencies and the Cook Nuclear Power Plant to check their systems. (Cook, how apropos. )

According to Radiationnetwork.com, a citizens’ monitoring group recorded a very high reading of radiation for unknown reasons in South Bend on June 6. The organization noted at the time that the results did not appear to be corroborated by nearby stations and then reported later that the elevated reading was a false alert caused by an equipment malfunction.

News of the spike was carried across the Internet and messages that landed into email inboxes.

American Electric Power, parent company of Indiana Michigan Power which operates the Cook Nuclear Power Plant in Bridgman, Mich., picked up the thread and notified I&M.

“Absolutely nothing happened at Cook” said spokesman Bill Schalk. “We’ve got a wide variety of different radiation and environmental monitors on our site and off our site. Had there been a release of radiation, we would have been the first to know.”

Cook double-checked its monitors and found no spikes, according to Schalk. It also contacted the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The NRC checked in with the nuclear power plants in the region and found no abnormalities, said Prema Chandrathil, spokeswoman for the agency.

Likewise, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security found no high readings in any of its monitors.

“The reality is there was no radiation,” said IDHS spokesman John Erickson. “It was an equipment malfunction. There wasn’t any danger to the public.”

A flurry of emails notified Kevin Kamp at Beyond Nuclear, a watchdog group that opposes nuclear power, of the false alert incident. In South Bend, the citizens’ group reported a spike radiation to about 7,000 counts per minute which compares to a typical reading of 20 to 30 counts per minute.

Kamp said upon reading the message, his first thought was that something had happened at either the Cook plant or the Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Mich. However, such a spike could have been caused by a release from an industrial site or lab.

He is not so quick to dismiss the alert and hopes to have time to investigate the situation more and understand what happened. Kamp recalled several times when the government initially denied releases of radiation and even pointed to his own visit to a radioactive waste facility in Illinois when his handheld monitor found a hot spot.

“We need a solid citizen monitoring network because we don’t trust the government and the utilities,” Kamp said.

http://www.etruth.com/article/20120608/BUSINESS/706089957

Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:54 pm » by **Rydher**

Supposedly from the area?

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The guy says it was 12:30 AM on June 7th.

Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:04 pm » by **Rydher**

Something else of interest from http://forums.officer.com/t178688/#post3068410

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Radiation spike near Indiana\Michigan border

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/326186

Dangerously high radiation levels reported in Indiana, Michigan

According to RadNet, the United States' radiation monitoring network, South Bend, Indiana is experiencing extremely high levels of radiation -- up to 100 times higher than safe levels.

Live records for a radiation monitoring station near the border of Indiana and Michigan have shown radiation levels as high as 7,139 counts per minute (CPM). At 1:55 a.m., Eastern time, the radiation level was at 2,558 CPM. The level has varied between 2,000 CPM and 7,000 CPM for several hours.

Normal radiation levels are between 5 and 60 CPM, and any readings above 100 CPM should be considered unusual and trigger an alert, according to information listed on the RadNet website. RadNet has not yet issued an alert regarding this issue.

The online geiger counter monitoring network operated by Black Cat Systems is also reporting unusually high radiation levels in the same region, which may rule out the possibility that the elevated readings were simply caused by a monitor malfunction.
All other radiation monitors across America appear to be reporting normal levels at this time, which could indicate that this radiation spike is due to a localized event.

This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

UPDATE: As of 2:45 a.m. Eastern Time, the radiation level for the station in Northern Indiana had risen to 3,989 CPM. RadNet has yet to issue a statement in response.

UPDATE: RadNet has issued the following alert:
Very high reading in South Bend, IN station this evening. Reason unknown. Station unresponsive to contact at this late hour. Since this same station has triggered the Alert system before, which Alerts may have been false, and because his current readings do not appear to be corroborated by nearby stations, we have disabled his station for the time being. Will report back when we know more.

Visual metric of impact: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMa...tx.html?id=151

Top level map:
http://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMap/map.html

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We've been encountering some high readings at the labs here.