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REPORT ON SHEEP LOSSES ADJACENT TO THE NEVADA PROVING GROUNDS ( DBM REPORT ENCLOSED )

SNAPP, R B; BUGHER, J C

SHEEP; DEATH; RADIATION DOSES; FALLOUT; INJURIES; ANIMALS

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

CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS

1954 Jan 13

Unknown

0013

NV0030510

AEC6044

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-DIVISION OF BIOLOGY AND M

1994 Aug 26

2003 Sep 18

SUMMARY 1. A PRELIMINARY REPORT AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT ARE CONTAINED IN AEC 604/3, DATED NOVEMBER 4, 1953. 2. STUDIES HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED ON EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED BETA LES IONS IN SHEEP. AVAILABLE DATA ON THE TOXICITY OF IODINE 131 FOR SHEEP HAVE BEEN SUMMARIZED. INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE LEVELS OF RADIOA CTIVITY IN THE BONES OF SHEEP FROM AFFECTED HERDS AS COMPARED WITH THE ACTIVITY IN BONES OF SHEEP FROM HERDS THAT WERE NOT IN NEVADA OR WHER E THE LOSSES WERE NOT ABNORMAL. 3. CONSIDERING ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND DATA AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, IS APPARENT THAT THE PECULIAR LESIONS OBSERVED IN THE SHEEP AROUND CE DAR CITY IN THE SPRING OF 1953 AND THE ABNORMAL LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE SEVERAL SHEEPMEN CANNOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY RADIATION OR ATTRIBUTED T O THE ATOMIC TESTS CONDUCTED AT THE NEVADA PROVING GROUND. THIS OPINIO IS CONCURRED IN BY THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ( HEW ) AND THE BUR EAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMEN T OF HEALTH OF THE STATE OF UTAH. A PRESS RELEASE PROPOSED FOR ISSUANC E ON JANUARY 13, 1954 IS ATTACHED AS AN APPENDIX TO THIS REPORT.