Report of Animal Investigation Program activities for the Baneberry Event

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:4137164

Smith, D D; Black, S C; Giles, K R; Moghissi, A A

On December 18, 1970, an underground nuclear test, conducted at the Nevada Test Site, released radioactive materials into the atmosphere with resultant on-site and off-site contamination. The Animal Investigation Program of the National Environmental Research Center, Las Vegas developed studies to document the distribution of fission and activation products in the tissue of domestic and wild animals residing within contaminated areas on and surrounding the Nevada Test Site. A study of radioiodine secretion in milk from cows at the experimental dairy farm, including urine and fecal excretion from four of them, was started about 24 hours after the venting. A grazing intake study, which utilized fistulated steers, was also carried out. The analytical data collected from these studies are presented in this report. (auth)

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Nev. (USA). Environmental Monitoring and Support Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(26-1)-539
• NSA Number: NSA-33-009269
• OSTI ID: 4137164
• Report Number(s): NERC-LV--539-10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

*AIR-- CONTAMINATION
*ANIMALS-- CONTAMINATION
*BANEBERRY EVENT-- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
*CATTLE-- CONTAMINATION
*FISSION PRODUCTS-- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
*MILK-- CONTAMINATION
*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS-- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
500300* --Environmental Sciences
Atmospheric--Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport
DATA
FECES
IODINE 131
N44300 --Environmental & Earth Sciences--Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport
N44310* --Environmental & Earth Sciences--Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport--Atmosphere
NEVADA TEST SITE
URINE