1988 environmental monitoring report, Tonopah Test Range, Tonopah, Nevada

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7046315· OSTI ID:7046315

Millard, G C; Hamilton, R G; Phelar, J; West, G L

The Tonopah Test Range is located about 140 air miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada, and covers 624 square miles within the Nellis Air Force base Bombing and Gunnery Range. The range is used for various USDOE and USDOD program tests that are critical to national defense. Activities that affect the environment are mainly road construction, preparation of instrumentation sites, and disturbance of the terrain from weapons testing. Monitoring of the test range is done routinely by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to supplement Sandia's monitoring effort associated with Sandia test activities. EPA monitoring results for 1988 indicate that test range operations do not adversely affect the off-site environment or the public. 14 refs., 2 figs., 11 tabs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EH
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7046315
• Report Number(s): SAND-89-1367; ON: DE90013798
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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