Environmental Radiation Data. Report 61, January-March 1990. Quarterly report

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:5608291

Environmental Radiation Data (ERD) contains data from the Environmental Radiation Ambients Monitoring System (ERAMS). Date from similar networks operated by contributing States, Canada, Mexico, and the Pan American Health Organization are reported in the ERD when available. The ERAMS is comprised of nationwide sampling stations that provide air, surface and drinking water and milk samples from which environmental radiation levels are derived. Sampling locations are selected to provide optimal population coverage while functioning to monitor fallout from nuclear devices and other forms of radioactive contamination of the environment. The radiation analyses performed on these samples include gross alpha and gross beta levels, gamma analyses for fission products and specific analyses for uranium, plutonium, strontium, iodine, radium, krypton, and tritium.

• Research Organization: National Air and Radiation Environmental Lab., Montgomery, AL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5608291
• Report Number(s): PB-91-178996/XAB; EPA--520/5-90/031
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540130* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540230 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540330 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ACTINIDES
AIR POLLUTION
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALPHA PARTICLES
BETA PARTICLES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY FLUIDS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CONTAMINATION
DRINKING WATER
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FALLOUT
FOOD
FOOD CHAINS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
KRYPTON ISOTOPES
LAND POLLUTION
MATERIALS
METALS
MILK
MONITORING
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM
POLLUTION
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIUM
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION