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WIPP 700C fan restart test results show 1/10,000 radioactivity levels less than average household levels of natural radioactivity!
The initial test of the WIPP 700-C fan was conducted on Jan 31, 2021. During this test, CEMRC collected air particulate samples at the release point, and several other locations in the surrounding environment, to monitor for any radionuclide releases. The analysis of these samples is now complete and the results for both 24 hours…Continue Reading »
700 C Fan Test Results
The initial four-hour test of the WIPP 700-C fan was conducted on Jan 31, 2021. During this test, CEMRC collected air particulate samples at the release point, and several other locations in the surrounding environment, to monitor for any radiological release that may occur during the test. The CEMRC has completed preliminary analyses of the…Continue Reading »
NMSU Carlsbad environmental monitoring facility allays public concerns
Over the past 26 years, the scientists and lab technicians at New Mexico State University’s Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center have been monitoring the air, soil, water and people residing in the area surrounding the Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Fortunately, with little to no variance in environmental conditions related to WIPP,…Continue Reading »
WIPP false alarm of Station B radiological measurements confirmed by independent laboratory
Following last Tuesday’s false alarm at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC), a division of the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University, conducted both non-destructive gross alpha/beta screening and isotopic destructive analyses of a WIPP Station B exhaust air filter collected the morning of August…Continue Reading »
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center Expands Ambient Air Monitoring Program
Following the February 14, 2014 underground radiation release event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), scientists at the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC) saw a need to expand their ambient air monitoring capabilities in order to provide additional information to area residents in the event of a future radiation release event. Historically,…Continue Reading »