Biochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, August 1974 and chemical monitoring from July 1972--June 1974

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

OSTI ID:7352801

Thordarson, W; Ballance, W C

Radiochemical data from the Amchitka Island study area were obtained from water samples collected by the U. S. Geological Survey during August 1974. Tritium determinations were made on 18 samples, and gross alpha and gross beta/gamma determinations were made on 12 samples. No appreciable differences were found between the data obtained during August 1974 and the data obtained before the Cannikin event. Chemical analyses were made on 4 samples collected in 1971, on 15 samples in 1972, on 11 samples in 1973, and 7 samples in 1974. Comparison of these analyses to analyses of samples collected before the Cannikin event indicates no changes outside of the seasonal range normally found at the sampling locations.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Lakewood, Colo. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7352801
• Report Number(s): USGS-474-225
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
ALPHA PARTICLES
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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