DRI deploys Campbell Scientific gear on mobile weather stations Monitoring Nevada Air ApplicA tion At A GlAncE S ince its beginning in 1981, the main purpose of the Community Environmental Monitoring Program (CEMP) has been to involve the people from the communities around the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in its off-site monitoring program for radiation. After all, who would you rather ask if it is safe to live in your communi- ty, your neighbor who shares your concerns or a stranger who lives elsewhere? When the program started, the stations required weekly visits by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) person- nel to maintain them. Air filter samples, barograph strip charts, and magnetic cassettes used to store data from the background gamma detector were collected. The cassettes

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