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

SNAPP, R B; BUGHER, J C

SHEEP; DEATH; FALLOUT; RADIATION DOSES; INJURIES; ANIMALS; IODINE 131; MAPS

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

1953 Nov 04

Unknown

0016

NV0030511

AEC6043

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-DIVISION OF BIOLOGY AND M

1994 Aug 26

2003 Sep 18

SUMMARY 18. THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT ACTIVITIES OF THE COM MISSION AT THE NPG WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, NOR DID THIS CONTRIBUTE T O THE HEAVY LOSSES OF SHEEP THAT OCCURRED IN THE CEDAR CITY AREA THIS SPRING. NEVERTHELESS, THE FACT THAT DR. THOMPSETT WHO STUDIED THE SHEE P LOSSES DID NOT CONCUR IN THIS VIEW MAKES IT DESIRABLE TO CARRY ON FU RTHER STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS BEFORE A FINAL CONCLUSION IS REACHED. 20. INVESTIGATIONS ARENOW IN PROGRES AT THE LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB ORATORY, AND THE UT-AEC PROJECT AT OAK RIDGE IN WHICH LESIONS WILL BE PRODUCED ON SHEEP FROM BETA EMITTERS. THE PATHOLOGY OF THE LESIONS WIL L BE COMPARED WITH THE SPECIMENS OF SKIN SHOWING TYPICAL LESIONS WHICH WERE OBTAINED FROM SHEEP IN THE CITY AREA. 21. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER KNOWN AMOUNTS OF IODINE-131 TO S HEEP UNDER CONDITIONS COMPARABLE TO THOSE UNDER WHICH THE SHEEP WERE W INTERED IN NEVADA. THIS COULD BE DONE THROUGH A RESEARCH CONTRACT WITH THE UTAH STATE AGRICULTURE COLLEGE AS THEY HAVE A HERD OF EXPERIMENTA L RANGE SHEEP AT CEDAR CITY. 22. RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE NOW BEING DEVELOPED WITH BOTH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA AND THE UTAH STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. THESE INSTITUTIONS WILL STUDY GENERAL PROBLEMS OF SHEEP AND CATTLE PRODUCTION IN THE VIC INITY OF THE NPG AND THE CEDAR CITY AREA. A CONTINUING EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO DETERMINE THE ETIOLOGY OF THE ABNORMAL SHEEP LOSSES, AND TO MA KE CLOSE OBSERVATIONS OF THE LIVESTOCK ADJACENT TO THE NPG DURING FUTU RE TESTS.