Published December 1980 | Version v1
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Natural background radiation and 137Cs inventories in southern Nevada. Preliminary report on fallout, December 1980

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External radiation measurements and soil sampling were performed at 28 sites in southern Nevada as part of an extensive radiological survey to determine residual levels of fission products and transuranic nuclides in Utah and Nevada as a result of nuclear weapons tests at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) during 1951 to 1958. The natural background exposure rate was found to vary by about a factor of two. The 137Cs inventories tended to be lower than expected indicating the effects of wind erosion. Cobalt-60 and 241Am were detected at several sites which were reported to be hotspots in post-shot radiological surveys

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A02/MF A01.

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25 p.
Report number
DOE/EML--386

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12595249
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
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Descriptors DEI
AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; COMPILED DATA; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; POTASSIUM 40; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; RHODIUM 102; SOILS; THORIUM; URANIUM; UTAH
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DATA; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EXPLOSIONS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MONITORING; NONMETALS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE GASES; RHODIUM ISOTOPES; USA; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES