Submission + - Radiation monitoring data sparse 1
MickLinux writes: "Back when 3 mile island had a partial meltdown, my father, a Physics professor at James Madison University, set up a radioactivity monitoring station.
When Chernobyl blew up, universities all over Europe monitored the radioactivity, and charted it.
With the Japanese explosion, all I can pick up about radiation is here at a single, private site:
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/RadiationNetwork.htm
It looks like a very limited network of private individuals, and does not appear to report historical data. I do have some concern about high-altitude radioactivity, because I see the radiation has spiked from a typical 30 cpm to a typical 75 in Denver (at the moment, 86). Yes, 80 is still within the range of normal. But it does appear to be rising.
But I would expect to see Physics departments all across the nation and the world, reporting their CPM radioactivity levels, along with the time it was taken. I'm not seeing that yet. I would expect to see the nuclear power plants reporting in. I'm not seeing that yet.
Indeed, for the most part, it appears that nobody is reporting anything solid.
I'm wondering if it might not be an appropriate time for a news site, maybe news for techies or nerds or something, to set up a reporting station to compile and publish data; so that those with access to a Geiger counter could submit their data (Lat, Long, GMT, CPM)."
When Chernobyl blew up, universities all over Europe monitored the radioactivity, and charted it.
With the Japanese explosion, all I can pick up about radiation is here at a single, private site:
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/RadiationNetwork.htm
It looks like a very limited network of private individuals, and does not appear to report historical data. I do have some concern about high-altitude radioactivity, because I see the radiation has spiked from a typical 30 cpm to a typical 75 in Denver (at the moment, 86). Yes, 80 is still within the range of normal. But it does appear to be rising.
But I would expect to see Physics departments all across the nation and the world, reporting their CPM radioactivity levels, along with the time it was taken. I'm not seeing that yet. I would expect to see the nuclear power plants reporting in. I'm not seeing that yet.
Indeed, for the most part, it appears that nobody is reporting anything solid.
I'm wondering if it might not be an appropriate time for a news site, maybe news for techies or nerds or something, to set up a reporting station to compile and publish data; so that those with access to a Geiger counter could submit their data (Lat, Long, GMT, CPM)."
