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I am trying to speak to someone in regards to the RADCON 5 alert that was issued for Edison New Jersey, See article below.
We would like to know what exactly a RADCON 5 means, and what NJ could do to help/prevent it. If you could please get back to me I would greatly appreciate it.
Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center - netc.com is an Early Warning Radiation System that takes data from private and EPA networks and creates a NORM background radiation level for each 3000+ stations everyday. When the current radiation exceeds over 2+ times the background radiation level, a RADCON-5 alert is set. This way we inform the public that there is an increase in radiation at the station. It is up to the public to take this information and try to find out where the radiation is coming from and what precautions they feel are needed.