Special study: Tatum Dome Test Site, Lamar County, Mississippi. Final report

The Tatum Dome Test Site near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was host to two nuclear detonations and two detonable gas detonations; all of which were totally contained within the salt dome. Upon completion of the testing programs, the site was deactivated and decommissioned on June 30, 1972. A long-term Hydrologic Program was initiated in 1972 to assure public safety in and around the site area. During the conduct of the monitoring program, anomalous tritium readings were observed in water samples from a pond near the Salmon/Sterling ground zero. An expanded sampling program was developed to: (1) determine the source of the contamination, (2) define the locations of the various tritium concentrations, and (3) provide permanent shallow water monitoring. Results and conclusions from the sampling program are presented