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Title: Depleted uranium investigation at missile impact sites in White Sands Missile Range

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10118942· OSTI ID:10118942

An investigation for residual depleted uranium was conducted at Pershing missile impact sites on the White Sands Missile Range. Subsurface core soil samples were taken at Chess, Salt Target, and Mine Impact Sites. A sampling pump was installed in a monitoring well at Site 65 where a Pershing earth penetrator was not recovered. Pumping tests and water samples were taken at this site. Chess Site, located in a gypsum flat, was the only location showing elevated levels of depleted uranium in the subsurface soil or perched groundwater. Small fragments can still be found on the surface of the impact sites. The seasonal flooding and near surface water has aided in the movement of surface fragments.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
10118942
Report Number(s):
LA-12675-MS; ON: DE94005929
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English