Radiation Detected coming from a building in Jacksonville, FL

Explosion at aircraft parts manufacturer. Some people have been exposed to radiation.

Not big enough news to make the headlines.

Krpton Gas detected

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36
Kr
Krypton
83.798

Krypton

Atomic Number: 36


Atomic Weight: 83.798


Melting Point: 115.79 K (-157.36°C or -251.25°F)


Boiling Point: 119.93 K (-153.22°C or -243.80°F)


Density: 0.003733 grams per cubic centimeter


Phase at Room Temperature: Gas


Element Classification: Non-metal



Period Number: 4 Group Number: 18 Group Name: Noble Gas


What's in a name? From the Greek word for hidden, kryptos.


Say what? Krypton is pronounced as KRIP-ton.


History and Uses:
Krypton was discovered on May 30, 1898 by Sir William Ramsay, a Scottish chemist, and Morris M. Travers, an English chemist, while studying liquefied air. Small amounts of liquid krypton remained behind after the more volatile components of liquid air had boiled away. The earth's atmosphere is about 0.0001% krypton.

The high cost of obtaining krypton from the air has limited its practical applications. Krypton is used in some types of photographic flashes used in high speed photography. Some fluorescent light bulbs are filled with a mixture of krypton and argon gases. Krypton gas is also combined with other gases to make luminous signs that glow with a greenish-yellow light. In 1960, the length of the meter was defined in terms of the orange-red spectral line of krypton-86, an isotope of krypton.

Once thought to be completely inert, krypton is known to form a few compounds. Krypton difluoride (KrF2) is the easiest krypton compound to make and gram amounts of it have been produced.

For those that are curious, pictures of krypton gas and krypton plasma can be found in the Questions and Answers section of this site.


Estimated Crustal Abundance: 1×10-4 milligrams per kilogram

Estimated Oceanic Abundance: 2.1×10-4 milligrams per liter

Number of Stable Isotopes: 5 (View all isotope data)

Ionization Energy: 14.000 eV

Oxidation State: 0

Electron Shell Configuration: 1s2
2s2 2p6
3s2 3p6 3d10
4s2 4p6




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"Radiation Detected After Industrial Accident Prompts Evacuations

WJXT-TV
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Fire-Rescue personnel said that an explosion this morning in 7500 bock of Baymeadows Way that has resulted in the release of radiation inside a building. The Unison Industries building was evacuated and police have blocked streets in the area.

Members of the hazardous material team report picking up radiation with their Geiger counters. There's no word on whether anyone was exposed"

[link to www.msnbc.msn.com]

Well if it's Krypton, the only person that'll affect is Superman. javascript:void(0)
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At the old H-ywell building in Clearwater, it currently is the IT building for EQUIFAX. (also know as Certegy)

(H-ywell did work for U.S.G*v.)

People starting getting cancers, dying, and children born deformed.

(gee, did anyone know all that goes on behind the scene for all your credit reports and credit card processing?)

EPA came to investigate.

They didn't know what to test for exactly, so submitted request to U.S. G*v where needed to know what was done, so could test properly.

The investigation was closed because the answer that came back was as follows, per the VP at the time:

"People dying & illness is not an issue of Nat. S ecurity. Unless it is an issue of Nat. S ecurity, we will not answer this request."

If go to sptimes site and search for "equifax cancer" can read some in the archives.

Very different what media reported and what actually happened & way more people than reported.