Radiation Videos

Field Tests and Demonstrations



BEST/MATRR began our Community Radiation Monitoring Project aka Radiation Detectives in the fall of 2012 with a training session led by Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) director, Lou Zeller. Our local group has established 50 monitoring sites surrounding and downwind of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in north Alabama, 28 miles west of Huntsville's city center; and we are increasing monitoring of Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant in Tennessee, which is about 18 miles north of Chattanooga.


Our group is fortunate to have a highly trained specialist in nuclear contamination and medical response, Garry Morgan, as our project director and monitoring trainer. Garry has assembled, utilized and maintained our equipment kits, and has expanded our methods over numerous field testing sessions, incorporating his training and studies of Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and State Radiation Health Control protocols.


Garry Morgan is also the group videographer and has carefully documented many of our monitoring efforts, which may prove helpful to those beginning their own monitoring projects. Garry offers in-the-field training for groups across the country, only charging for expenses, if you want to begin monitoring radiation in your area.


6/21/14

Make Radiation Visible Campaign – May 18, 2014

Scottsboro, Alabama - Radiation monitoring, utilizing SEI Inspector Geiger Counter and the URSA 2 multi-channel Analyzer.

Rain Event - weather front moved from west to east, 10 knot wind max. Thunderstorms early Sunday morning. Rain began Saturday, temperatures down to 54F. Monitoring began at end of rain event and continued for 2.5 hours. Radon progenies present along with other radionuclides. Possible nuclear medicine incineration waste identified, Tl 201-thallium 201 which is widely used in nuclear medicine for cardiac perfusion studies. Cesium 137 and breakdown isotope from Zircalloy cladding from nuclear fuels-Sb125 Unidentified energies may be other isotopes of Cesium and significant Sn 129 which is further indicative of the Zircalloy cladding breakdown as evidenced by the Antimony, Sb 125.





Many thanks to members and donors of BEST/MATRR's Make Radiation Visible Community Radiation Monitoring Project.

A non-profit Windows Media Video production by Garry Morgan; creative commons free usage license for background music by the Diablo Swing Orchestra, song-Heroines.

Video sponsored by BEST/MATRR in support of environmental stewardship and open government. For more information go to http://www.matrr.org


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Radiation Monitoring – Rain Event – May 9, 2014

Scottsboro, Alabama  - Make Radiation Visible Campaign, Community Radiation Monitoring Project. Light rain event, analysis of radionuclides on hard surface during rain event with SEI URS radionuclide analyzer.


A non-profit Windows Media Video production by Garry Morgan; creative commons free usage license for background music by the Diablo Swing Orchestra, song-Heroines.

Video sponsored by BREDL/BEST/MATRR in support of environmental stewardship and open government. For more information go to http://www.matrr.org
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Browns Ferry Nuclear bGeigy Radiation Monitoring – April 30, 2014

Northwest Alabama
Community Radiation Monitoring surrounding Browns Ferry Nuclear Facility in North Alabama. Deployment of the bGeigy Safecast Radiation monitoring system. Many thanks to the NRDC and Safecast.

A non-profit Windows Media Video production by Garry Morgan; creative commons free usage license for background music by the Diablo Swing Orchestra, song-Heroines.

Video sponsored by BREDL/BEST/MATRR in support of environmental stewardship and open government. For more information go to http://www.matrr.org
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NRDC Geiger Counter Workshop – April 21-22, 2014

Washington, DC
Safecast workshop on building and deployment of the iGeigy Geiger Counter. Sponsored by the NRDC, Safecast, International Medcom, colleagues and friends. BEST/MATRR Radiation Monitoring Project Director, Garry Morgan, was invited to present his methodology and monitoring protocol to the workshop participants and also participated and built his own Safecast bGeigy monitor.


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Rendevous for Action – Monitoring Workshop – February 22, 2014

Chattanooga, TN

A Radiation Monitoring Workshop held by Garry Morgan, Director of the Community Radiation Monitoring Project of BEST/MATRR, and sponsored by a grant from TERC's Statistics in Action Program. Garry taught participants all about the planning, execution, recording, and reporting methods for radiation monitoring projects, and Lou Zeller of the Blue Ridge Environmental taught TERC's statistical analysis methods.

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Sandhill Cranes – Decatur, TN – Short Video

Sandhill Cranes,Tennessee River near Decatur, Tn.. A flight of over 1000 Sandhill Cranes; high definition short version. A major bonus of monitoring along the river is the birding surprises we come across along the way.

 

A non-profit Windows Media Video production by Garry Morgan; creative commons free usage license for background music by the Diablo Swing Orchestra, song-Heroines.

Video sponsored by BEST/MATRR in support of environmental stewardship and open government. For more information go to http://www.matrr.org
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Community Radiation Monitoring – East Tennessee – February 5, 2014

A Continuation of the BREDL/BEST/MATRR Community Radiation Monitoring Program. This trip involves East Tennessee monitoring North West (NW) of TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Facility on Feb. 5, 2014 and North of Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant. 

A non-profit Windows Media Video production by Garry Morgan; creative commons free usage license for background music by the Diablo Swing Orchestra, song-Heroines.

Video sponsored by BEST/MATRR in support of environmental stewardship and open government. For more information go to http://www.matrr.org
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Community Radiation Monitoring – BEST/MATRR Dec. 3, 2013

Scottsboro, Alabama - A Continuation of the BEST/MATRR Community Radiation Monitoring Program. This video was recorded on December 3, 2013 off of Gant Rd. during a rain event. High count was 354. At 50 minutes, a 1/3rd disintegration of the radionuclides present was witnessed; half life was reached at 60 minutes.

Surface wipe sample returned to background level at 2 hours, indicating radionuclides other than radon progenies. Gama radiation was present penetrating 4 layers of folded aluminum foil at 50%. This monitoring indicates radon progeny radionuclides and another unidentified radiation source other than radon.





A non-profit Windows Media Video (WMV) Production by BREDL/BEST/MATRR member Garry Morgan. WMV systems license for background music.

Supporting environmental stewardship. For more information about BEST/MATRR go to http://www.matrr.org
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