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Over 10,000 multi-media radiation tests across America since 2011

There are three RadAlert Inspector Nuclear Radiation Monitors in EnviroReporter.com‘s Santa Monica office on the West Los Angeles border. Elevation 140 feet. The units cost $699.00 as of June 25, 2014 at International Medcom where the service is excellent. It is approximately one meter off of the ground in a wood-floored structure built over crawlspace with soil foundation.

SEE SPECIAL RADIATION STATION TESTING of food, drink, rain, and other media conducted by EnviroReporter.com across Los Angele, the Southwest, West and Midwest United States.

The Inspector picks up ionizing radiation and is measuring in Counts Per Minute or CPM. As noted iun the comments of our earlier post “Radiation Station,” we have been taking ten minute averages to hone in on more accurate readings of the gamma radiation that this detector is picking.

These readings are designed to make sure we have an accurate baseline background radiation measurement so any possible increases in radiation due to the horrific multiple meltdown threats emanating from Japan can be discerned. A list of the 10 minute averages can be found here.

A range of Exterior normal background radiation at Radiation Station has been determined to be between 42 to 46 CPM after half a year’s averaging. The normal range of Interior background detections is 35 to 40 CPM.

These measurements are similar to background measurements taken in this location over a long period of time. These ranges are generally about double of what would be normally found at this elevation and geology which could be a result of longtime radiation contamination in Southern California from places like the Santa Susana Field Laboratory which had America’s worst partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor in 1959 releasing up to hundreds of times more radiation, according to some estimates, than the more infamous Three Mile Island partial meltdown in 1979 in Pennsylvania.

Should radiation measured by the Inspector begin to rise to double background, we will be concerned. If the measurements go to triple background and above for a sustained period of time in the next few days, then the problem is very troublesome. Numerous special radiation tests has shown radioactive contamination in Southern California rain, mist, food and drink.

Our measurements determine how “hot” is it in the Los Angeles Basin. You can find out more why we set up the Radiation Station by checking out our post “Melt Down Wind.”

See our FUKUSHIMA INVESTIGATION for up to the minute news, FAQs, Radiation Station data statistics and radiation readings across the country.

Read RADIATION STATION STATS page which documents extensive radiation readings for the Los Angeles basin based on averages taken from EnviroReporter.com‘s nuclear radiation detector the Inspector in Santa Monica, California.