The Department of Health routinely tests Puget Sound water in the area surrounding U.S. Navy facilities at Bremerton and Bangor. Water is measured for radioactivity, including cesium-134 (Cs-134), cesium-137 (Cs-137), and iodine-131 (I-131). Below are test results from 2013, 2014, and beginning of 2015. All test results show there is no health risk.
*Not Detected
Sample Type |
Location | Collect Date | Cs-134 | Cs-137 | I-131 |
Puget Sound | Bangor | 1/14/2015 | ND* | ND* |
ND* |
Puget Sound | Bremerton | 1/8/2015 | ND* | ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bremerton | 7/14/2014 | ND* | ND* |
ND* |
Puget Sound | Bangor | 7/10/2014 | ND* | ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bangor | 4/15/2014 | ND* | ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bremerton | 4/2/2014 | ND* |
ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bangor | 1/22/2014 | ND* | ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bremerton | 1/14/2014 | ND* | ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bangor | 7/18/2013 | ND* | ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bremerton | 7/10/2013 | ND* | ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bremerton | 1/15/2013 | ND* | ND* | ND* |
Puget Sound | Bangor | 1/8/2013 | ND* | ND* | ND* |