Document Details
Title:
ALLEGED RADIATION EFFECTS ON CATTLE AND SHEEP IN NEVADA AREA - UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
Subject Terms:
SHEEP; CATTLE; HORSES; LESIONS; RADIATION DOSES; UPSHOT OPERATION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BETA LESIONS; ANIMALS; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; INJURIES; UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE OPERATION
Document Location:
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
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1953 Dec 31
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0000388
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
DOCUMENT DISCUSSES SPECIFIC CASES OF ANIMAL DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO RADIA TION EXPOSURE NEAR THE NEVADA TEST SITE IN 1953. PRELIMINARY EXAMINAT ION AND REPORTS ON LAMB DEATHS INDICATE THE DEATHS WERE NOT FROM RADIA TION. HORSES SHOWED BETA BURNS, BUT THE FINAL RESULTS FROM HORSE AND CATTLE SPECIMENS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE.