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New monitoring station installed at Seabook Beach
- By Natalie Hildt Treat
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- 19 Oct, 2020
C-10 is collecting radiological data two miles southeast of the nuclear plant
Thanks to the efforts of the Citizens' Initiative to Expand Radiological Monitoring in New Hampshire, C-10 has installed the first new monitoring station in the Granite State in more than a decade. The private home is located about two miles southeast of Seabrook Station as the crow flies.
We will soon have our first full month of collecting beta and gamma radiation levels as well as wind speed and direction from this site. C-10's network has never had public funding to conduct monitoring in the New Hampshire communities within the ten-mile radius of Seabrook, while the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has supported the network since 1992, soon after C-10's incorporation.
State Representative Peter Somssich of Portsmouth has been leading the initiative over the past two years, and has helped raise about $42,000 in private contributions and foundation grants so far. Rep. Somssich and some of his colleagues in the New Hampshire legislature have also tried to garner state funding through the budget process, with the most recent attempt stalling out this summer due to COVID-19.
Monitoring provides data on permitted radiological releases from Seabrook Station, and could be used to help emergency and public health officials make decisions in the event of an emergency.
C-10 is working to secure a fifth location in New Hampshire north west of Seabrook Station, and hope to install that this fall or winter, if possible.
The Citizens' Initiative and C-10 are seeking sustained funding to maintain the New Hampshire portion of the network, and add another station in 2021.
To do this, we will need to raise over $40,000 next year as well. If you are interested in learning more about the network or supporting this effort, please visit this page, or contact us at info@c-10.org.
Read more in these two recent news articles:
We will soon have our first full month of collecting beta and gamma radiation levels as well as wind speed and direction from this site. C-10's network has never had public funding to conduct monitoring in the New Hampshire communities within the ten-mile radius of Seabrook, while the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has supported the network since 1992, soon after C-10's incorporation.
State Representative Peter Somssich of Portsmouth has been leading the initiative over the past two years, and has helped raise about $42,000 in private contributions and foundation grants so far. Rep. Somssich and some of his colleagues in the New Hampshire legislature have also tried to garner state funding through the budget process, with the most recent attempt stalling out this summer due to COVID-19.
Monitoring provides data on permitted radiological releases from Seabrook Station, and could be used to help emergency and public health officials make decisions in the event of an emergency.
C-10 is working to secure a fifth location in New Hampshire north west of Seabrook Station, and hope to install that this fall or winter, if possible.
The Citizens' Initiative and C-10 are seeking sustained funding to maintain the New Hampshire portion of the network, and add another station in 2021.
To do this, we will need to raise over $40,000 next year as well. If you are interested in learning more about the network or supporting this effort, please visit this page, or contact us at info@c-10.org.
Read more in these two recent news articles:
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Tritium is a radioactive byproduct of nuclear fission, found in abundance in nuclear wastewater. The Cape Cod community wants to be safe from it, corporate industry and regulators want to dump into the air and water and forget it ever existed.
C-10 does not agree with the NRC's assertion that "everything is fine, nothing to see here" when it comes to Seabrook Station repeatedly failing inspections.
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