Community-monitoring program surrounding the Nevada Test Site: one year of experience

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5987313

Douglas, G S

Since 1954, the US Public Health Service and later the US Environmental Protection Agency Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada, have been responsible for conducting a program of environmental radiation monitoring and public radiation safety associated with nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States. A recent major innovation in this long-term program has been the establishment of a network of Community Monitoring Stations in 15 offsite communities. The new network supplements existing networks operated for nearly three decades in these and other offsite communities. It differs from other networks in the continuing offsite radiation monitoring and public safety program in that it incorporates Federal, State, and local Government participation. This report reviews the history of offsite radiation surveillance leading to institution of the new network and describes the first year of experience with its equipment, methodology, and management as well as its impact on citizens of the communities involved.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV (USA). Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AI08-76DP00539
• OSTI ID: 5987313
• Report Number(s): DOE/DP/00539-049; EPA-600/3-83-040; ON: DE83014799
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COMMUNITIES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEVADA TEST SITE
POPULATIONS
RADIATION MONITORING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOCIAL IMPACT
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS