Nevada Test Site Radionuclide Inventory and Distribution Program: Report No. 3, Areas 3, 7, 8, 9, and 10
As part of the Nevada Test Site Radionuclide Inventory and Distribution Program, 115 soil samples were collected and more than 1200 in situ measurements of gamma-emitting radionuclides were made in the northern and eastern parts of Yucca Flat. Analysis of the data led to estimated inventories of 215 Ci of /sup 239,240/Pu, 128 Ci of /sup 137/Cs, 92 Ci of /sup 90/Sr, 36 Ci each of /sup 241/Am and /sup 60/Co, 31 Ci of /sup 102m/Rh, 27 Ci of /sup 238/Pu, 25 Ci of /sup 174/Lu, 10 Ci of /sup 152/Eu, 8 Ci of /sup 155/Eu, 7 Ci of /sup 154/Eu, 5 Ci of /sup 125/Sb, 4 Ci of /sup 101/Rh, and 2 Ci of /sup 134/Cs in the surface soil of the accessible portion of Areas 8 and 10. Similar calculations with the data from Areas 3, 7, and 9 gave estimates of 145 Ci of /sup 239,240/Pu, 89 Ci of /sup 152/Eu, 62 Ci of /sup 90/Sr, 25 Ci of /sup 137/Cs, 14 Ci of /sup 154/Eu, 11 Ci of /sup 241/Am, 6 Ci each of /sup 60/Co and /sup 238/Pu, and 4 Ci of /sup 155/Eu. Additional in situ measurements at 30 locations in the southern part of Yucca Flat confirmed the low levels of radioactivity found there by an aerial survey. 1 ref., 57 figs., 10 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Nevada Univ., Las Vegas (USA). Water Resources Center; Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-85NV10384
- OSTI ID:
- 6606822
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10384-15; ON: DE87006968
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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