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An Update on Lung and Whole Body Counting Activities
An Update on Lung and Whole Body Counting Activities on Area Residents Measured After the 2/14/14 WIPP Underground Radiation Event By: Dr. Russell Hardy The Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC) Internal Dosimetry (ID) laboratory has been performing free lung and whole body counting services for adult residents living within a 100-mile radius…Continue Reading »
Radiological results from sediment and surface water sampling following 2/14/14 WIPP release event
Surface Water Samples On March 20th and on March 28th, CEMRC technicians collected surface water samples from the three public reservoirs in the area including Brantley Lake, Lake Carlsbad (lower tansil), and Red Bluff Lake. These samples included both shallow and deep water samples as well as sediment samples from the bottom of the reservoirs.…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 »
NMSU research center in Carlsbad monitors environmental effects of nuclear facility
LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering has a unit in Carlsbad whose mission is to conduct an independent program to monitor people and the environment for exposure to radioactive materials. The facility, called the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, also studies the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, commonly know as the…Continue Reading »
Research center keeps tabs on radiation levels of WIPP employees, neighbors
From the Current-Argus, Carlsbad (2/17/2013) — It may look like a torture chamber at first glance, but a step inside the mysterious cast iron room at the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center tells more of the story. Adrianne Navarette and Jennifer Lemons are research scientists at CEMRC, where they frequently perform radiation tests, called…Continue Reading »
Two years after Fukushima: Carlsbad radiation center helped monitor US for nuclear fallout
From the Current-Argus, Carlsbad (3/12/2013) — Two years ago this week, the world watched in horror as a massive earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter Scale hit Japan, followed by a tsunami on the country’s east coast, killing thousands of people. While the loss of life and property was tremendous, it could have been far…Continue Reading »