Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment Work Plan Mud Pit Release Sites, Amchitka Island, Alaska

• Main Author: DOE/NV
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY; WEAPONRY; AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; DRILLING FLUIDS; ISLANDS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR TEST SITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REMEDIAL ACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE WATERS; US DOD; Amchitka; Amchitka Island; Anchorage; Rat Islands; Aleutian Island; Archipelago; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/777319; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/777319; https://doi.org/10.2172/777319

This Work Plan describes the approach that will be used to conduct human health and ecological risk assessments for Amchitka Island, Alaska, which was utilized as an underground nuclear test site between 1965 and 1971. During this period, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the U.S. Department of...