Radioactive Microparticles Related to the Woolsey Fire in Simi Valley, CA

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Radioactive Microparticles Related to the Woolsey Fire in Simi Valley, CA

Wildfire in radiologically contaminated zones is a global concern; contaminated areas around Chernobyl, Fukushima, Los Alamos, and the Nevada Nuclear Test Site have all experienced wildfires. In November 2018, the Woolsey Fire burned north of Los Angeles, CA, USA, potentially remobilizing radioactive contaminants at the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a shuttered nuclear research facility contaminated by chemical and radiochemical releases...

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Radioactive Isotopes Measured at Olympic & Paralympic Venues in Fukushima & Tokyo

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Radioactive Isotopes Measured at Olympic & Paralympic Venues in Fukushima & Tokyo

Study consisted of a total of 146 independent soil & dust samples collected from sites in Fukushima Prefecture, Greater Tokyo, and the heavily traveled corridors between these northern Japan locations to assess radiological contamination related to the Fukushima meltdowns and “detected modest radioactive contamination at Olympic venues in Japan, and found significant alpha-, beta-, and gamma-emitter contamination at Japan’s National Training Center.”

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Fairewinds Citizen Science Sampling Protocols

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Fairewinds Citizen Science Sampling Protocols

This guide is meant to help volunteer samplers and citizen scientists follow some important basic rules to be safer and to improve the quality of your sampling work. Please remember that this short set of instructions might not answer everything that you have a question about concerning the collection of samples. Again, if you have further questions please reach out to us and ask…

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Radioactively-hot Particles Detected in Dusts and Soils from Northern Japan

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Radioactively-hot Particles Detected in Dusts and Soils from Northern Japan

Co-authored by Dr. Marco Kaltofen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Energy Education, the article details the analysis of radioactively hot particles collected in Japan following the Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdowns. Based on 415 samples of radioactive dust from Japan, the USA, and Canada, the study identified a statistically meaningful number of samples that were considerably more radioactive than current radiation models anticipated…

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