[ RadSafe ] Fukushima -Global airborne particulate measurements

[SAFarber at optonline.net]

Hello list,
I'm not sure if the following rad monitoring network and reporting  
summaries were mentioned previously, but it is quite detailed in showing  
temporal variations primarily of airborne particulates for I-131 & Cs-137;  
and Xe-133, and variations of dose rates across Germany since the  
Fukushima accident. The entry portal is seen below between the <  >:


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Trace analysis of German monitoring stations and other trace monitoring  
stations worldwide:

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ONE OF LINKS FROM ABOVE PORTAL TO GERMAN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTING, NOTES THE  
OPERATION OF THE FOLLOWING SEPARATE WORLD-WIDE NETWORK and provides global  
maps of the movement of the plume [Note: I modified Google's translation  
 from German to English a bit to make the description of the Comprehensive  
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization [CTBTO] below a bit more readable].  
There are maps from this network showing plume movement measurements  
performed and reported day by day by the CTBTO network:

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AS DESCRIBED:

"Worldwide network of Radionuclide Measuring Stations

  The International Organization for monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear  
Test Ban Treaty (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization,  
CTBTO) has a worldwide network of 60 in-service Radionuclide Measuring  
Stations, which can document airborne particulate-bound radionuclides at  
trace levels.  In addition, 27 of these stations are equipped with systems  
to measure radioactive xenon (Xenon-133).  At peak levels, the network  
operated 80  Radionuclide Measuring Stations worldwide."
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The above reporting provides some interesting data.

Stewart Farber


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