Underground Nuclear Testing Program, Nevada Test Site: Final environmental assessment, FY 1977

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:6971784

The purposes of this environmental assessment are to present a brief description of the underground nuclear testing program proposed for the Nevada Test Site during FY 1977 and to evaluate whether or not an environmental statement need be prepared. This assessment considers underground nuclear detonations of one megaton or less, along with the preparations necessary for these detonations, during fiscal year 1977. The testing activities considered will also include other continuing and intermittent activities, both nuclear and nonnuclear, which can best be conducted in a remote and controlled area. Results show that the activities proposed for the Nevada Test Site during FY 1977 are essentially of the same nature as those which have transpired before. Environmental effects of such activities are not significantly different from those which have been described in previous environmental statements. Because of this similarity, no new environmental statement is needed at this time. 8 refs.

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6971784
• Report Number(s): ERDA-8007230; ON: DE88007230
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

500500 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
510500* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
520500 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CONTAMINATION
COST
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EXPLOSIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEVADA TEST SITE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
PLUTONIUM
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SOILS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
TRITIUM
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES