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Title: Baseline ecological risk assessment Salmon Site, Lamar County, Mississippi

Abstract

The Salmon Site (SS), formerly the Tatum Dome Test Site, located in Mississippi was the site of two nuclear and two gas explosion tests conducted between 1964 and 1970. A consequence of these testing activities is that radionuclides were released into the salt dome, where they are presently contained. During reentry drilling and other site activities, incidental liquid and solid wastes that contained radioactivity were generated, resulting in some soil, ground water and equipment contamination. As part of the remedial investigation effort, a Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment was conducted at the SS. The purpose is to gauge ecological and other environmental impacts attributable to past activities at the former test facility. The results of this facility-specific baseline risk assessment are presented in this document.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
64136
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV-394
ON: DE95011293; TRN: 95:014163
DOE Contract Number:  
AC08-92NV10972
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; MISSISSIPPI; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SALT CAVERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; CONTAMINATION; GROUND WATER; EQUIPMENT; SOILS

Citation Formats

. Baseline ecological risk assessment Salmon Site, Lamar County, Mississippi. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/64136.
. Baseline ecological risk assessment Salmon Site, Lamar County, Mississippi. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/64136
. 1995. "Baseline ecological risk assessment Salmon Site, Lamar County, Mississippi". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/64136. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/64136.
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