An Independent Assessment of the February 14,2014 Underground Radiation Release Event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
The data on these pages represent the final samples processed by CEMRC in response to the WIPP release event on February 14, 2014. All relevant CEMRC data will be found in this section.
- Exhaust Air Filter (FAS) station A and B data
- Hi Volume ambient air sampling data
- Surface water and sediment data
- Soil sample data
Release Event Articles
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 »