Show STATION INSTALLED Dennis of the State Public Health explained the purpose and functions of a device last week in Roosevelt to measure Retailed radio-active fallout in the Basin to A. L. FALLOUT STATION HS I Roosevelt has gone into the business of receiving and measuring radiation in the air as i station was established late week to measure radiation fallout for the Uintah Tie station has been established the roof of a city-owned on their equipment lot ACCORDING to Dennis Dal-ri employee of the Utah De- of the Roose- station is one of three now operating outside the more pop-tiled areas of the It will maintained under the of Ariel Sanitarian te the assisted by A. L. city and Ariel Sanitarian for the assisted by Scholes will maintain the station which is one of three established outside metropolitan areas of Tests our air Fallout station is established City The station will collect air samples on a pad throughout and then will be checked for presence of Michie or Scholes will send samples to the office in Salt Lake from where reports will be forwarded to D. C. for further MICHIE said the unit operates on the principle of a vacuum cleaner with a small motor sucking air through the A Geiger counter is used to measure the radioactivity when the pad is The unit will not only aid from the standpoint of health but will also assist the federal government in determining the pattern of unclear test radiation THE PURPOSE is to provide an early warning system in the event a radioactive from the test area in Nevada passes over the Uintah This happened in June and July causing a sharp increase of in the milk produced in this An early warning will assist greatly in determining in which area the state extension milk sampling should be The network will also assist the in tracking radioactive clouds from the Nevada Test Stations are now operating at Cedar City and Roosevelt was selected because of its central location in the |