Checking Radiation Levels near "Uranium Lake" (Falls City, Texas)
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- In this episode, I discuss my first "pit stop" as part of my one-year road trip around the United States to visit nuclear-weapons related sites. In my research on nuclear weapons and Texas, I spotted something odd on Google Maps satellite imagery. On my way to San Antonio, I made a quick stop at "Uranium Lake" near Falls City, Texas and check on background radiation levels in the area with a geiger counter. I bet you'll be surprised by the amount of radiation several hundred feet from the site.
Special thanks to the Outrider Foundation and Jubitz Family Foundation for providing funding to plan, film, and edit my pilot episode. To learn more about nuclear weapons, visit outrider.org
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Special thanks to Jasmine Owens for helping me to write the content for this episode.
OMG just found your channel. You are basically doing what my retirement trip is going to be.
That part of Texas, has, or had several open pit uranium mines. however, over around Hebbronville, there were wells where water was pumped down into the uranium deposits, which dissolved these deposits, and the liquid solution was then returned to the surface for further processing. I don't know the extent of those leach fields, but west of Hebbronville, and back towards Bruni, there were several.
I remember the open pit mines being North, and Northwest of Three Rivers.
Are you from hebbron?
That's definitely higher than normal background radiation
Interesting, very interesting. Thank you. I'm not that far from there.❤
Awesome video!
That house next door with the pool is now for sale, in case you enjoyed your visit enough to stay!
😂Good to know!
No longer for sale some family bought it lol
My dad worked at that open-pit uranium mine in the 50's. I have links with info on that site, but this won't let me post here.
Background radiation fluctuates naturally based on location. What you measured their is actually fairly typical or only slightly elevated and expected from that device. Usually I see background from that counter around 60cpm. Also, Uranium does emit gamma radiation as well as the daughters of uranium. The card they include is highly misleading and is actually based off guidance for the old cdv-700 meters.
Thank you for your comments. I did mention variation in background radiation in the video. I'd done some baseline measurements not found over 45 myself. There's also a dataset created from the device, which shows the ranges aroudn the US. In some areas, 60 is indeed the norm. Uranium emits minute (not health-concerning relative to its alpha emission) amounts of gamma. I didn't want to get into the radioactive decay process for this video. The parent isotope of U-238 is an alpha emitter. A general audience doesn't need to know everything, just enough.
6:01 Nice focus...
The CPM levels in NV are about three times that of the S.F. Bay Area. Way over 100 CPMs, shouldn't we all be considered "Downwinders" from the nuclear test sights?
My wiener dog "Max" was born here in Falls City in 2018...He is a wonderful Fido and suffers no ill effects.
How's your 5 legged friend doing?
alot in Hobson Texas
I collect rocks.a lot from mines what is an acceptable level for a sample rock you keep in your house..,..or where can I find out
Hi Natasha. That's mind blowing. I had no idea there was uranium mining in Texas. As you said, the background levels are pretty high. What are the drum like objects scattered around. I couldn't quite make them out. Also, any data on the groundwater contamination?
I think those are actually bales of hay... which I'm not sure is more or less disturbing than drums. I know Department of Energy measures groundwater levels, but not sure if they've made any data public: www.energy.gov/lm/falls-city-texas-disposal-site
Uranium mining and the very beginning of the eagle ford oilfield drilling happened during my grandpas day, I’ll talk to a lot of older folks who worked in the uranium mines back in the day and they will tell the craziest stories about injuries and deaths, true cowboy era!!!
My question is??? What about the hay and the cattle the hay is feed to??? Seriously people, growing hay on top of and around a radioactive waste pile. Who gets to consume that beef?
You mentioned radon gas and I was wondering that if naturally occurring radon was found in a basement should there be a concern about the ground water in that same area?
I wasn't sure at first and had to do a bit of research. The answer appears to be yes:
radonova.com/what-causes-radon-in-basements/
I live in he area. That is only one of many uranium sites around here.
Yes, and there are many more elsewhere in South Texas
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