Off-site environmental monitoring report for the Nevada Test Site and other test areas used for underground nuclear detonations, January--December 1977

• Main Author: Grossman, R.F.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY; WEAPONRY; AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; ALASKA; RADIATION MONITORING; AMCHITKA ISLAND AREA; COLORADO; FOOD; SAMPLING; MILK; MISSISSIPPI; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NEW MEXICO; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS; SURFACE AIR; SURFACE WATERS; TONOPAH TEST RANGE; AERIAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; PLUTONIUM 238; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS; STRONTIUM 90; XENON 133; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; AIR; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; EXPLOSIONS; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISLANDS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; Amchitka; Amchitka Island; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6622893; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6622893; https://doi.org/10.2172/6622893

Since 1954 levels of radioactivity in the off-site environment surrounding underground nuclear testing areas have been measured to assure that the testing is in compliance with existing radiation protection standards. To assess off-site radiation levels, routine sampling networks for milk, water, and air are maintained along with a dosimetry network and special sampling of food crops, soil, etc., as required. For the purpose of implementing protective actions, providing immediate radiation monitoring, and obtaining environmental samples rapidly after a release of radioactivity, mobile monitoring personnel are also placed in areas downwind of the NTS or other test areas prior to each test. Analytical results showing radioactivity levels above naturally occurring levels have been published in reports covering the test series or test project.