Radionuclide Inventory and Distribution Program: the Galileo area
The Galileo area is the first region of the Nevada Test Site to be surveyed by the Radionuclide Inventory and Distribution Program (RIDP). This report describes in detail the use of soil sampling and in situ spectrometry to estimate radionuclide activities at selected sampling locations; the descriptions of these methods will be used as a reference for future RIDP reports. The data collected at Galileo were analyzed by kriging and the polygons of influence method to estimate the total inventory and the distribution of six man-made radionuclides. The results of the different statistical methods agree fairly well, although the data did not give very good estimates of the variogram for kriging, and further study showed the results of kriging to be highly dependent on the variogram parameters. The results also showed that in situ spectrometry gives better estimates of radionuclide activity than soil sampling, which tends to miss highly radioactive particles associated with vegetation. 18 references, 28 figures, 11 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Nevada Univ., Las Vegas (USA). Desert Research Inst.; Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-81NV10162
- OSTI ID:
- 5178092
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10162-14; ON: DE84010238
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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