Health and Safety Laboratory environmental quarterly, June 1, 1977--September 1, 1977. [Fallout radioactivity monitoring at selected world sites, trace metals in surface air and marine sediments, and N/sub 2/O concentrations in stratosphere]

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7083409· OSTI ID:7083409

Hardy, Jr., E. P.

This report presents current information from the HASL environmental programs, the Australian Radiation Laboratory, the Air Resources Laboratories of NOAA, the Air Monitoring Section of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay, India and the National Radiation Laboratory in New Zealand. The initial section consists of interpretive reports and notes on background corrections for /sup 90/Sr in ion-exchange resin used in the Australian fallout network, corrections to previously reported N/sub 2/O concentrations in the stratosphere, trace metal concentrations in a marine sediment as measured by five laboratories, an estimate of maximum credible atmospheric radioactivity concentrations from nuclear tests, strontium-90 concentrations in human bone in New York City and San Francisco through 1976, and worldwide deposition of /sup 90/Sr through 1976. Subsequent sections include tabulations of radionuclide and stable lead concentrations in surface air; strontium-90 in deposition, milk, diet and tapwater; fallout and atmospheric radioactivity measurements in India and environmental radioactivity measurements in New Zealand. A bibliography of recent publications related to environmental studies is also presented.

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, New York (USA). Health and Safety Lab.
• OSTI ID: 7083409
• Report Number(s): HASL-328
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ASIA
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
AUSTRALASIA
AUSTRALIA
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
BONE TISSUES
CHALCOGENIDES
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
DIET
DRINKING WATER
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FALLOUT
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
GLOBAL ASPECTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDIA
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LEAD
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
MILK
MONITORING
NEW ZEALAND
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
SAMPLING
SEDIMENTS
STRATOSPHERE
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE AIR
TISSUES
TRACE AMOUNTS
USA
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES