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MEMO TO DISTRIBUTION, SUBJECT: OFFSITE RAD-SAFE REPORT FOR KEPLER, OPERATION PLUMBBOB ( ATTACHED )

PLACAK, O R; REEVES, J E

DATA; KEPLER EVENT; PLUMBBOB OPERATION; RADIATION MONITORING; DOSIMETRY; RADIATION PROTECTION; ATMOSPHERIC EXPLOSIONS; MAPS; AEROSOL MONITORING; BETA DETECTION

Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV

REPORT

1958 Aug 12

Never classified

0012

NV0000132

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

1994 Aug 26

2003 Sep 18

MAPS AND DATA GATHERED BY THE OFFSITE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY GROUP FOR KE PLER EVENT, JULY 24, 1957, OF OPERATION PLUMBBOB ARE GIVEN MONITORING RUNS, WHICH INDICATE ACTIVITY SUBSTANTALLY ABOVE BACKGROUND, WERE MAD E ALONG U.S. 95 BETWEEN A POINT SOUTH OF LIDA JUNCTION TO COALDALE, NE VADA; ON U.S. 6 BETWEEN COALDALE, NEVADA TO SOUTH OF BISHOP, CALIFORNI A; ON NEVADA 3 AND 3A BETWEEN THE JUNCTION WITH U.S. 95 AND JUNCTION W ITH NEVADA 3; AND IN THE VICINITY OF LINCOLN MINE AND WATERTOWN, NEVAD A. THE MAXIMUM AIR CONCENTRATION FOUND WAS 7.45 X 10-2 MICRO-CURIES P ER CUBIC METER AT TONOPAH, NEVADA. THIS REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE AIR CO NCENTRATION OF BETA ACTIVITY FOR A 25.7 HOUR SAMPLE PERIOD STARTING 0. 3 OF AN HOUR AFTER SHOT TIME. THE ATTACHED KEPLER REPORT, CONSISTING OF SIX ENCLOSURES, REPRESENTS AN ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE THE DATA GATHERED BY THE OFFSITE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY GROUP. THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE REPORT. THE ENCLOSURES ARE: A SUMMARY OF OFFSITE FALLOUT AND MONITORING; A MAP INDICATING INFINITE DOSE; A MAP INDICATING ESTIMATED DOSE; A TABLE OF DOSES FOE SELECTED COMMUNITIES; SELECTED AIR CONCENTRATIONS; PUBLIC RELATIONS ( STATE OFFICIALS CONTACTED ).