Nevada Test Site Radionuclide Inventory and Distribution Program: Report No. 2. Areas 2 and 4

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5024975· OSTI ID:5024975

McArthur, R D; Kordas, J F

Radionuclide activity was measured by in situ spectrometry at 349 locations in Areas 2 and 4 of the Nevada Test Site. The data were analyzed by kriging and other methods to estimate the total inventory and distribution of six man-made radionuclides that were present in measurable amounts. Isotope ratios in soil samples were then used to infer the inventories of three other radionuclides. The estimated inventories were: /sup 241/Am, 8 curies; /sup 238/Pu, 18 curies; /sup 239,240/Pu, 51 curies; /sup 60/Co, 7 curies; /sup 137/Cs, 34 curies; /sup 90/Sr, 71 curies; /sup 152/Eu, 35 curies; /sup 154/Eu, 6 curies; and /sup 155/Eu, 3 curies.

• Research Organization: Nevada Univ., Las Vegas (USA). Water Resources Center; Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-81NV10162
• OSTI ID: 5024975
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/10162-20; ON: DE86001456
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted. Publication No. 45041
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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