STORM2K

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:26 pm**

Some kind of radiation leek in Jacksonville???

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:27 pm**

feederband wrote:Some kind of radiation leek in Jacksonville???

dude, you gotta give more than just that.

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:28 pm**

wxcrazytwo wrote:
feederband wrote:Some kind of radiation leek in Jacksonville???

dude, you gotta give more than just that.

Thats all I'm getting, just happened...

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:30 pm**

Radiation Leak In Baymeadows Building Prompts Evacuations

POSTED: 11:20 am EST January 30, 2006
UPDATED: 12:24 pm EST January 30, 2006

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.

Unison's director of communications said a gas cylinder exploded in the facility about 10:45 a.m., but said no radioactive material was released.

Channel 4 learned that the explosion hurt one person and transported to St. Luke's Hospital, but there was no information about the extent of that person's injuries.

About 500 employees work at Unison's Baymeadows Way facility were evacuated.

About 40 people from the company and the first firefighters and rescue personnel who responded were going through decontamination procedures.

"We have what we call a Beta-source. This is about the equivalent, if you will, of X-rays," Jacksonville Fire-Rescue spokesman Tom Francis said. "We are not faced with a life-or-death situation here."

Twelve ambulances were called to the scene and Shands-Jacksonville was put on level-three alert.

Unison's Web site, the company makes aviation parts, with power condition and control units made at the company's Jacksonville facility.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/6590083/detail.html

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:30 pm**

Saw on CNN a line of ambulances but there were trying to find out what had happened..

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:31 pm**

jacksonville, FL?

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:31 pm**

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/tops ... ryid=50598

JACKSONVILLE -- The Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department is responding to reports of an explosion on the Southside. Tom Francis, JFRD Public Information Officer, says an explosion occurred at 7575 Baymeadows Way that resulted in the release of radioactive materials.

Unison Industries, which according to their website manufactures aviation equipment, is located at the site.

Police say one person was injured.

Stay with First Coast News and firstcoastnews.com for the latest information.

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:32 pm**

alicia-w wrote:jacksonville, FL?

yup

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:22 pm**

78 Treated for Radiation in Florida Blast
Monday, January 30, 2006

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A gas cylinder explosion released a small amount of radiation inside a building Monday, sending eight people to hospitals, officials said.

About 70 other people were being decontaminated as a precaution, but the health risks were believed to be minimal, said Jacksonville Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Bennie Seth.

Seth said the problem at Unison Industries was krypton gas, which is colorless and nontoxic. It wasn't immediately clear what the krypton gas was used for, though radioactive krypton-85 is sometimes used to detect leaks in sealed containers, with the escaping atoms detected because of their radiation.

Unison Industries makes alternators for turbine engines and ignition generators for Tomahawk cruise missiles, according to its Web site.

STORM2K

Explosion????

Explosion????

Re: Explosion????

Re: Explosion????