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Officials have stored samples of Colorado mountain snowpack just in case they’re needed to measure any fallout from Japan’s nuclear disaster.
Denver’s KCNC-TV (Channel 4) reports that collectors took samples at 10 locations, from Cameron Pass to the north to La Veta Pass in the south. Officials stress there is no reason for concern; Colorado authorities have said that minuscule radiation levels have been detected by EPA monitors.
Mike Gillespie, a snow-survey supervisor for the Natural Resource Conservation Service, said there are no immediate plans to test the samples. He said snow-survey offices in 10 Western states were asked to collect snowpack samples.
