Los Alamos National Laboratory has 68 radiological air sampling locations that continuously monitor the air, making it among the most thoroughly monitored environments in the world:
- 43 ambient air-monitoring stations.
- 25 monitored exhaust stacks from Lab facilities.
- 8 meteorological towers.
- During events such as wildfire, the Laboratory conducts extra sampling to perform specialized analyses or more rapid evaluations.
- The Lab has 12 high-volume sample locations, which can be activated to characterize wildfire smoke or other operational issues as needed. These look for radioactive and other potentially hazardous airborne releases.
- All air-monitoring data the Laboratory collects is available to the public via the annual Radionuclide Air Emissions Report submitted to EPA and the Annual Site Environmental Report.
