RadLevelsEngland | Radioactive snow! 9x (304cpm) above normal background levels (HOT BOOTS) @RadLevelsEngland | Uploaded January 2013 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Radioactive motorcycle boots (UK)
Location: South Devon, England (10-15miles north of Plymouth)
Altitude 92meters
Time: 05:21hrs
Date:18th Jan 2013
Geiger counter: Inspector EXP+
(34cpm is my normal background level)
Weather: Snowing

Info: Went out in the snow, walked short distance and discovered that my motorcycle boots had become contaminated with radiation that was in the snow. The heel area was the most active.

Note! On my Inspector EXP+ 320cpm is around 1μSv/hr (calibrated to Cesium-137)