The head of the physics department at the local college, and a friend of mine, is looking forward to giving his
students the CHALLENGE of trying to identify any radiation
increase from the Japan accident.
Ooh, good idea. I’ll have to suggest it to Dr. Cantrell when he comes in tomorrow to pay for his new cabinets.
Here’s a hint for those students. Use the same technique the United States used to detect the first Soviet detonated atom bomb.
Is that just for Illinois? Trace radiactive iodine has been recorded in Washington state.