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2479328 views David Gay and Chris Lehmann, National Atmospheric
Deposition Program In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake
rattled Japan, triggering a tsunami and the catastrophic failure
of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The National Atmospheric Deposition Program, part of the
Illinois State Water Survey within the Prairie Research
Institute at the University of Illinois, collected rainwater
samples from its nationwide network in the days following the
nuclear incident to test for radioactive fallout. Together with
researchers from the United States Geological Survey, NADP
researchers published a paper in the journal Environmental
Science and Technology detailing their findings. In an interview
with News Bureau physical sciences editor Liz Ahlberg, NADP
coordinator David Gay and researcher Christopher Lehmann talked
about radioactive fallout and the stud