Radiation Control Bureau

In response to the Las Conchas fire (started June 26, 2011), the NMED DOE Oversight Bureau collected air samples from two data sets measuring "radiological particulates in the air".

The first samples were collected on air particulate filters which were run continuously from June 21 to July 1. The second data set are for a six-day period during the fire.

The attached data results (238, 239Pu, 234,235,238U, 134,137Cs ) have been reviewed by NMED and found to be below air effluent concentration and therefore below public dose limits of 0.1 rem per year.

 

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