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, an...