Radiochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin Event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, May 1974

Technical Report · Sun Feb 29 23:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7364265

Thordarson, W; Ballance, W C

During May 1974, the U. S. Geological Survey collected water samples from Amchitka Island, Alaska. Tritium determinations were made on 99 water samples, and dissolved gross alpha and gross beta/gamma determinations were made on 34 water samples. No appreciable differences were found between the data obtained in May 1974 and the data obtained before the Cannikin nuclear explosion.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Lakewood, Colo. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7364265
• Report Number(s): USGS-474-226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
ALPHA PARTICLES
AMCHITKA ISLAND AREA
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA PARTICLES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CANNIKIN EVENT
CHARGED PARTICLES
CONTAINED EXPLOSIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EXPLOSIONS
GAMMA RADIATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISLANDS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MONITORING
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
TRITIUM
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES