1/13/2012 -- Radiation Test -- SNOW precip. -- St. Louis, Missouri USA -- 42.9 CPM

Many thanks to INTERNATIONAL MEDCOM for the Inspector Alert: http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/122012-many-thanks-to-internationa...

Watch some of the radiation measurement videos I have done (across the USA) here:

ALL the Radiation tests done this past year I put out via video:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=radiation+test+dutchsinse&oq=...



There is a video going around (past day) from POTRblog showing high radiation levels in the St. Louis Missouri snow... I did my own measurements, and did not get the same results he is getting.

My results show "moderate" levels .. mid range.. far below the 100CPM alert threshold.

Rough conversion chart for CPM to mSv/h is here:

http://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/radiation/basics/

Measurement of snow precipitation from Saint Louis Missouri USA 1/13/2012... was 42.9CPM..... It indicates " moderate levels" of radiation. Alert level is considered anything over 100CPM by the radiation network ...

http://www.radiationnetwork.com


Again, today's measurement, taken over the course of 10 minutes, was 42.9 CPM.




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statistics:

Total 10 minute count = 429 = 42.9 CPM

Location: South St. Louis City

Elevation : 620ft.

Measurement taken: ten mintue long CPM measurements using the "inspector alert" nuclear radiation monitor (geiger counter)

from the inspector alert geiger counter manual:

"CPM (or CPS) and total counts are the most direct methods of measurement; mR/hr (or uSv/hr) is calculated using a conversion factor optimized for Cesium-137, so this mode is less accurate for other radionuclides, unless you have calibrated the "geiger counter" for a specific radionuclide using an appropriate source. It is more appropriate to measure alpha and beta activity using CPM than using mR/hr. Conversion for alpha and beta emitters is calcuated differently, and the "geiger counters" reading in mR/hr may not be accurate."


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List of radiation monitoring links:

USA and global coverage:

http://www.radiationnetwork.com/

http://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMap/map.html

German Radiation Protection Agency:
Radiation:
http://www.bfs.de/en/ion/imis/spurenmessungen.html

http://odlinfo.bfs.de/
http://www.dwd.de
http://www.bfs.de/en/elektro/papiere/Eurobarometer_EMF_Report_347.html

http://www.bfs.de/en/elektro

Austrian Radiation Protection Agency :
http://www.umweltnet.at/article/articleview/87717/1/7032/

Live Measurement stations Austria:
http://www.umweltnet.at/article/articleview/81383/1/29344



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all old links below should still be functioning...

Here is a list of the radioactive particles in the air.
Taken from the 3-16-11 on ZAMG site.

XE-133
CS-134
BA-136M
CS-136
CS 137
I-131
I-132
I-133
TE-132

Finland radiation:

http://www.stuk.fi/fi_FI/

radiation forecasting links:

http://eurdeppub.jrc.it/eurdeppub/home.aspx#

http://www.csn.es/index.php?option=com_maps&view=mappoints&Itemid=32

http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/

http://www.rivm.nl/milieuportaal/dossier/meetnetten/radioactiviteit/resultaten/

http://www.epa.gov (click on radiation update)

http://www.irsn.fr/EN/Pages/home.aspx

http://www.nucleartourist.com/

http://www.stuk.fi/index_en.html

http://www.mext.go.jp/english/radioactivity_level/detail/1303962.htm

http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/index.html

http://www.rivm.nl/milieuportaal/dossier/meetnetten/radioactiviteit/resultaten/

http://www.yle.fi/tekstitv/html/P867_02.html

http://www.mapion.co.jp/topics/genpatu/

http://strahlenbelastung.wo-wann-wer.de/

dutch radiation monitoring:

http://www.rivm.nl/milieuportaal/dossier/meetnetten/radioactiviteit/resultaten/

swiss radiation monitoring:

https://www.naz.ch/en/aktuell/zeitverlaeufe.html

Finland radiation monitoring:

http://www.yle.fi/tekstitv/html/P160_01.html

French radiation monitoring:

http://sws.irsn.fr/sws/mesure/index

http://www.irsn.fr/FR/Documents/france.htm

jet stream forecasting:

http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/CT/animate.arctic.color.0.html

http://nowcoast.noaa.gov/

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/tropicalwx/satpix/nwpac_ir4_loop.php

http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250

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