Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Francisco was 18,100% above federal drinking water standard
Posted by SilverKnight on April 1, 2011
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March 31st, 2011 at 06:33 PM
UCB Rain Water Sampling Results, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Nuclear Engineering:
Iodine-131 level in rainwater sample taken on the roof of Etcheverry Hall on UC Berkeley campus, March 23, 2011 from 9:06-18:00 PDT
20.1 Becquerel per liter (Bq/L) = 543 Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) — Conversion calculator here.
The federal drinking water standard for Iodine-131 is 3 pCi/L. (Press Release)
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