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Off-site environmental monitoring report. Radiation monitoring around United States nuclear test areas, calendar year 1985

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5498752· OSTI ID:5498752
The EMSL-LV operates an Off-Site Radiological Safety Program around the NTS and other sites as requested by the Department of Energy (DOE) under an Interagency Agreement between DOE and EPA. This report, prepared in accordance with DOE guidelines (DOE85a), covers the program activities for calendar year 1985. It contains descriptions of pertinent features of the NTS and its environs, summaries of the EMSL-LV dosimetry and sampling methods, analytical procedures, quality assurance, and the analytical results from environmental measurements. Where applicable, dosimetry and sampling data are compared to appropriate guides for external and internal exposures of humans to ionizing radiation.
Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV (USA). Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
AI08-76DP00539
OSTI ID:
5498752
Report Number(s):
DOE/DP/00539-056; EPA-600/4-86/022; ON: DE86014406
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English