AERIAL RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS
Measuring terrestrial gamma radiation from airborne platforms has proved to be a useful method for characterizing radiation levels over large areas. Over 300 aerial radiological surveys have been carried out over the past 25 years including U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites, commercial nuclear power plants, Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program/Uranium Mine Tailing Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP/UMTRAP) sites, nuclear weapons test sites, contaminated industrial areas, and nuclear accident sites. This paper describes the aerial measurement technology currently in use by the Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) for routine environmental surveys and emergency response activities. Equipment, data-collection and -analysis methods, and examples of survey results are described.
- Research Organization:
- Bechtel Nevada Corp., NV (US); Nevada Test Site, Mercury, NV (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 6084
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/11718-127; TRN: US0101709
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 9 Jun 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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