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Aerial radiological survey of the United States Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Date of survey: April 1981

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5248623

An aerial radiological survey of the Sandia National Laboratories (SNLA) and the Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute (ITRI) was carried out in April 1981 by EG and G, Inc. for the United States Department of Energy. The survey consisted of an airborne measurement of both natural and man-made gamma radiation from the terrain surface in and around the SNLA and ITRI site. These measurements allowed a determination of the surface terrestrial spatial distribution of isotope concentrations. Results are reported as exposure rates and man-made isopleths and are superimposed on 240 m/cm scale map of the area. Gamma ray energy spectra are also presented for the net man-made radioelements. Several areas of man-made activity were detected in the SNLA and ITRI survey. These areas were associated with normal operations at the SNLA, ITRI and Kirtland Air Force Base. The presence of /sup 241/Am was not detected in any of the areas surveyed.

Research Organization:
EG and G, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (USA). Remote Sensing Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-76NV01183
OSTI ID:
5248623
Report Number(s):
EGG-1183-1779; ON: DE82017661
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English