The Darien-area lab has in recent weeks picked up radiation released from reactors damaged in the Japan earthquake, officials said.
Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory have detected small amounts of radiation from Japan at the Darien-area lab, Argonne spokesman Steve McGregor confirmed Wednesday. But there’s no need to panic, said Argonne Senior Environmental Engineer S.Y. Chen, who is also a member of the EPA’s radiation advisory committee. Over the course of one year, the amount of radiation a person would absorb at these levels would be much less than the equivalent of a single chest X-ray, Chen said. “There’s a huge dilution by the air as it’s coming across the Pacific Ocean,” Chen said. “I personally do not believe there is anything to worry about.” Because some of Argonne’s research deals with radioactive materials, the lab is required to regularly …
The mystical white deer that roam Argonne National Laboratory fight for their survival—against themselves.
Like magical beasts straight out of Narnia, the white deer roaming the grounds of Argonne National Laboratory have become the stuff of legend in communities that surround the wooded compound. Through the years, conspiracy theorists have promulgated dozens of myths on the white deer's beginnings, the most famous being that radioactive materials Argonne released turned them white. Rumors swirl, too, on the deer's plight, as the animals have become a less common sight on the winding roads that pass through Waterfall Glen, the forest preserve encircling Argonne. The deer aren't atomic-age mutants. And Argonne didn't slaughter them in an attempt to control the herds. But knowing deer's origin story is critical to understanding its struggle, …
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Steve Niketopoulos
12:08 pm on Thursday, March 31, 2011
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