Hunstville Monitor taken offline
Posted by JAC on 3/28/2011, 1:13 pm
Update: 3/28/11, 8:40 A.M.  Here is follow up on the Radiation Alert from this morning.  The Monitoring Station in question is located in Huntsville, Alabama.  It triggered alerts based on radiation levels averaging in the 100 to 150 CPM range.  We tried to reach the station through a number of different means, including via the Chat forum available from within the Radiation Network, but to no avail.  So after a half hour or so, we contacted the Huntsville Fire Department and recommended they take independent radiation readings in the vicinity of the Monitoring Station.  After all, Huntsville, AL is located about 30 miles from two different nuclear power plants, so we had to take this alert seriously.  Fortunately, their readings showed no elevated radiation levels above normal background.  After some time, radiation levels from the Monitoring Station in question dropped first to 0, then resumed at normal levels.  But still receiving no response from the station, we disabled it, essentially removing it from the Radiation Network.  We want to thank the Huntsville Fire Department for their timely support in this matter.  I will write more on this incident later.

Update: 3/28/11, 6:05 A.M.  Something triggered a Radiation Alert this morning at a Monitoring Station in northern Alabama.  We are trying to track down the reason behind it.

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