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Nevada Test Site Radionuclide Inventory and Distribution Program: Report No. 3, Areas 3, 7, 8, 9, and 10

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6606822· OSTI ID:6606822
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As part of the Nevada Test Site Radionuclide Inventory and Distribution Program, 115 soil samples were collected and more than 1200 in situ measurements of gamma-emitting radionuclides were made in the northern and eastern parts of Yucca Flat. Analysis of the data led to estimated inventories of 215 Ci of /sup 239,240/Pu, 128 Ci of /sup 137/Cs, 92 Ci of /sup 90/Sr, 36 Ci each of /sup 241/Am and /sup 60/Co, 31 Ci of /sup 102m/Rh, 27 Ci of /sup 238/Pu, 25 Ci of /sup 174/Lu, 10 Ci of /sup 152/Eu, 8 Ci of /sup 155/Eu, 7 Ci of /sup 154/Eu, 5 Ci of /sup 125/Sb, 4 Ci of /sup 101/Rh, and 2 Ci of /sup 134/Cs in the surface soil of the accessible portion of Areas 8 and 10. Similar calculations with the data from Areas 3, 7, and 9 gave estimates of 145 Ci of /sup 239,240/Pu, 89 Ci of /sup 152/Eu, 62 Ci of /sup 90/Sr, 25 Ci of /sup 137/Cs, 14 Ci of /sup 154/Eu, 11 Ci of /sup 241/Am, 6 Ci each of /sup 60/Co and /sup 238/Pu, and 4 Ci of /sup 155/Eu. Additional in situ measurements at 30 locations in the southern part of Yucca Flat confirmed the low levels of radioactivity found there by an aerial survey. 1 ref., 57 figs., 10 tabs.
Research Organization:
Nevada Univ., Las Vegas (USA). Water Resources Center; Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-85NV10384
OSTI ID:
6606822
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/10384-15; ON: DE87006968
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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