Distribution throughout Utah of /sup 137/Cs and /sup 239 +240/Pu from Nevada Test Site detonations
From the analyses of the /sup 137/Cs and /sup 239 +240/Pu content and from the plutonium mass isotopic composition of soil samples recovered in Utah, the fraction of these radionuclides that were deposited in Utah by global and by Nevada Test Site (NTS) fallout was determined. Deposition of NTS /sup 137/Cs and /sup 239 +240/Pu followed similar patterns with elevated values existing in the southwestern corner of Utah around St. George, and then decreasing rapidly with distance along a northeasterly direction from NTS. Then midway along this diagonal through Utah, NTS fallout of these radionuclides increased again and remained elevated throughout the remainder of the state. In the populated Provo and Salt Lake City valleys, the NTS /sup 137/Cs deposits were about 1/2 that of St. George and the NTS /sup 239 +240/Pu deposits were even greater than at St. George.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Energy, New York (USA). Environmental Measurements Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 6854358
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EML-400; ON: DE82007661
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450202 -- Explosions & Explosives-- Nuclear-- Weaponry-- (-1989)
500300 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
510301* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- Soil-- (-1987)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
DATA
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
FALLOUT DEPOSITS
FEDERAL REGION VIII
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEVADA TEST SITE
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
SOILS
TABLES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
UTAH
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
450202 -- Explosions & Explosives-- Nuclear-- Weaponry-- (-1989)
500300 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
510301* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- Soil-- (-1987)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
DATA
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
FALLOUT DEPOSITS
FEDERAL REGION VIII
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEVADA TEST SITE
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
SOILS
TABLES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
UTAH
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES