radiation monitoring site

[Shannon Nelson]

For a radiation monitoring site on the US West Coast, this looks to me like a good one to check in with! "UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Air Monitoring Station." This morning the news is reassuring:

Results Log
3/20 (4:15pm): Rain water results show trace levels of radioactive iodine (I131,I132), cesium (Cs134, Cs137), and tellurium (Te132). The amounts show that the activity we are observing originated from one of the three operating reactors that was shut down since I-131 and Te132 half-lives are less than 10 days and the spent fuel from unit 4 had not operated for > 130 days. The calculated exposure to the public is so low that the consuming of ~500 liters of this water would only increase dose by the same amount received by taking a cross-country airplane flight.

Then there's a lot more information there too.

http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling