Radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident

Following the accident at the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, in the Soviet Union on April 26, 1986, we performed a variety of measurements to determine the level of the radioactive fallout on the western United States. We used gamma-spectroscopy to analyze air filters from the areas around Lawrence L...

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Main Authors: Beiriger, J.M., Failor, R.A., Marsh, K.V., Shaw, G.E.
Language:unknown
Published: 2009
Subjects:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALASKA
FALLOUT
CALIFORNIA
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
AIR
FISSION PRODUCTS
MILK
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
VEGETABLES
ACCIDENTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY FLUIDS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
FEDERAL REGION IX
FEDERAL REGION X
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
ISOTOPES
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
PLANTS
POWER REACTORS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
REACTORS
THERMAL REACTORS
USA
WATER COOLED REACTORS
Fairbanks
Barrow
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6410969
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6410969
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Summary:Following the accident at the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, in the Soviet Union on April 26, 1986, we performed a variety of measurements to determine the level of the radioactive fallout on the western United States. We used gamma-spectroscopy to analyze air filters from the areas around Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California, and Barrow and Fairbanks, Alaska. Milk from California and imported vegetables were also analyzed. The levels of the various fission products detected were far below the maximum permissible concentration levels.

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