Offsite environmental monitoring report: Radiation monitoring around United States nuclear test areas, calendar year 1993

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/434463· OSTI ID:434463

Chaloud, D J; Daigler, D M; Davis, M G ^[1]

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This report describes the Offsite Radiation Safety Program conducted during 1993 by the Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA`s) Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Las Vegas (EMSL-LV). This laboratory operates an environmental radiation monitoring program in the region surrounding the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and at former test sites in Alaska, Colorado, Mississippi, Nevada, and New Mexico. The surveillance program is designed to measure levels and trends of radioactivity, if present, in the environment surrounding testing areas to ascertain whether current radiation levels and associated doses to the general public are in compliance with existing radiation protection standards. The surveillance program additionally has the responsibility to take action to protect the health and well being of the public in the event of any accidental release of radioactive contaminants. Offsite levels of radiation and radioactivity are assessed by sampling milk, water, and air; by deploying thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) and using pressurized ionization chambers (PICs); by biological monitoring of foodstuffs including animal tissues and food crops; and by measurement of radioactive material deposited in humans.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AI08-86NV10522
• OSTI ID: 434463
• Report Number(s): EPA--402/R-96/007; ON: DE97002665
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR
ALASKA
ANIMAL TISSUES
COLORADO
CONTAMINATION
CROPS
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FALLOUT
FOOD CHAINS
GROUND WATER
MILK
MISSISSIPPI
NEVADA TEST SITE
NEW MEXICO
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
SAMPLING
STRONTIUM 90
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