So....Radiation in the rain?
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My neighbor asked if we could expect radiation in the rain we are supposed to get. After finding articles that said trace amounts are being found world wide I thought I would get input here.
I think there should be more concern over the pollution in Texas from other sources, radioactive and otherwise.
If you wish to track radiation monitoring in the US, you can find info at the EPA's site:
map version - http://www.epa.gov/cdx/
text version - https://cdxnode64.epa.gov/radnet-public/showMap.do
Japan incident site - http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/
latest EPA release:
EPA Monitoring Continues to Confirm That No Radiation Levels of Concern Have Reached the United States
Release date: 03/28/2011
Contact Information: EPA Press Office press@epa.gov
WASHINGTON – During detailed filter analyses from 12 RadNet air monitor locations across the nation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified trace amounts of radioactive isotopes consistent with the Japanese nuclear incident. Some of the filter results show levels slightly higher than those found by EPA monitors last week and a Department of Energy monitor the week before. These types of findings are to be expected in the coming days and are still far below levels of public health concern.
EPA’s samples were captured by monitors in Alaska, Alabama, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands and Washington state over the past week and sent to EPA scientists for detailed laboratory analysis.
Detailed information on this latest round of filter results can be found at: http://epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-da ... ml#results
If you wish to track radiation monitoring in the US, you can find info at the EPA's site:
map version - http://www.epa.gov/cdx/
text version - https://cdxnode64.epa.gov/radnet-public/showMap.do
Japan incident site - http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/
latest EPA release:
EPA Monitoring Continues to Confirm That No Radiation Levels of Concern Have Reached the United States
Release date: 03/28/2011
Contact Information: EPA Press Office press@epa.gov
WASHINGTON – During detailed filter analyses from 12 RadNet air monitor locations across the nation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified trace amounts of radioactive isotopes consistent with the Japanese nuclear incident. Some of the filter results show levels slightly higher than those found by EPA monitors last week and a Department of Energy monitor the week before. These types of findings are to be expected in the coming days and are still far below levels of public health concern.
EPA’s samples were captured by monitors in Alaska, Alabama, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands and Washington state over the past week and sent to EPA scientists for detailed laboratory analysis.
Detailed information on this latest round of filter results can be found at: http://epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-da ... ml#results
Orders of magnitude (radiation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_ ... radiation)
The level of radiation from safe to lethal. The effects of acute radiation poisoning is horrible.
Acute radiation syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_poisoning
Critical mass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass
Dr. Louis Slotin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin
Cecil Kelley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Kell ... y_accident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_ ... radiation)
The level of radiation from safe to lethal. The effects of acute radiation poisoning is horrible.
Acute radiation syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_poisoning
Critical mass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass
Dr. Louis Slotin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin
Cecil Kelley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Kell ... y_accident
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