Amchitka Radiobiological Program progress report, January 1979-December 1979

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6900624· OSTI ID:6900624

Thornberg, L D; Sibley, T H; Nakatani, R E

The objective of the Amchitka Radiobiological Program for the period 1970-1979 was to determine the extent of radionuclide contamination from world-wide atmospheric fallout and from the detonation of three underground nuclear blasts on Amchitka Island. The objective is achieved, by the collection and radiological analyses of biological and environmental samples and by background radiation measurements. Leakage of radionuclides from the underground sites of the Amchitka nuclear detonations would be suspected if the contamination was significntly greater than would be expected from world fallout. An account of the program from July 1970 to December 1978 has been given in nine previous reports from the Laboratory of Radiation Ecology to the Nevada Operations Office of the US Department of Energy. This report is an account of the program for calendar year 1979. The results of analyses of the samples collected in 1979 lead to the same conclusions as in previous years; i.e., there is no evidence that the radionuclide contamination at Amchitka Island is greater than would be expected from world fallout except for a slight contamination of the Long Shot Mud Pits with tritium.

• Research Organization: Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). Coll. of Fisheries
• DOE Contract Number: AS08-76DP00269
• OSTI ID: 6900624
• Report Number(s): DOE/DP/00269-38
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
AMCHITKA ISLAND AREA
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CONTAMINATION
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISLANDS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MONITORING
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
TRITIUM
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES