Tag Archives: WIPP
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 »
Update on CEMRC radiological results from air and surface water sampling activities following the February 14th, 2014 radiation detection event
An Update on CEMRC radiological results from air and surface water sampling activities following the February 14th, 2014 radiation detection event The Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC), an entity of New Mexico State University, continues to conduct radiological separation and analyses on a variety of samples including ambient air, WIPP exhaust air, and…Continue Reading »
New Ambient Air Sampling Results Show WIPP Radiation Levels Continue to Remain at Low Levels
Air Sampling Locations Data Table The Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center, an entity of New Mexico State University, continues to collect ambient air filters, on a weekly basis, from air sampling stations located on and near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility. The latest results from these air samplers (as of 2/25/14) show…Continue Reading »
CEMRC radiological results from air sampling in the WIPP site following the February 14th, 2014 radiation detection event
The Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC), an entity of New Mexico State University, has completed radiological separation and analyses of air filter samples taken from within the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) exhaust shaft for the time period immediately following the underground radiation detection event that occurred at approximately 11:30pm on Friday,…Continue Reading »
Lab sees rise in requests for radiation scans after WIPP accident
CARLSBAD >> A Carlsbad lab that tests for radioactive contamination has received in the past week as many requests for appointments as it normally does in six months. The recent discovery of radiation escaping from the nearby radioactive waste storage facility has some residents looking with interest toward the monitoring center where free body scans…Continue Reading »
CEMRC Detects Trace Amounts of Radioactive Particles at Air Sampling Station Near WIPP Facility
Scientists at the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC), an entity of New Mexico State University, have detected trace amounts of the radioactive isotopes Americium (241Am) and Plutonium (239+240Pu) on an air filter from an ambient air sampling station located approximately 0.6 of a mile northwest of the WIPP site on the WIPP Access…Continue Reading »
Experts: Radiation from Japan unlikely to affect Carlsbad
By Matlin Smith Current-Argus Staff Writer CARLSBAD – Local radio chemists from the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center assure the Carlsbad public that radiation from Japan will not affect the city as long as current conditions remain the same overseas. ” We will eventually see litt le spikes” said Dr. George Mulholland. the interim…Continue Reading »