2005

Radium-226 in Creek Foam/Water from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (849 KB)
Citizen activists collected foam and water flowing from the Portsmouth, Ohio Gaseous Diffusion Plant in November 2003. They identified radioactivity in the sample at 100 times the normal background level, using simple Geiger counter methods. That elevated radioactivity was confirmed by the United States Enrichment Corporation. TRAC has identified the radioactive source as radium-226.

Citizen's Guide to Monitor Radioactivity (3.04 MB)
"Citizen's Guide to Monitor Radioactivity" provides step-by-step instructions on how citizen activists can use simple sample collection and analysis methods, using off-the-shelf equipment, to monitor radioactivity around their neighboring nuclear facility.