An aerial radiological survey of the area surrounding the Maybell mill site, Maybell, Colorado

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5270676

Jobst, J E

An aerial radiological measuring system was used to survey the area surrounding Maybell, Colorado and the nearby mines and mill in late October and early November 1981. The survey was conducted for the US Department of Energy's Office of Operational Safety by the Department's Remote Sensing Laboratory, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The highest measured radiation exposure rates (normalized to 3 feet above the ground) exceed 300 microroentgens per hour ({mu}R/h) over the leach piles at the mill.

• Research Organization: EG and G, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States). Remote Sensing Lab.
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-88NV10617
• OSTI ID: 5270676
• Report Number(s): EGG-10617-1184; ON: DE92014296
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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