Document Details
Title:
PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUM CONTAMINATION IN ROCKY FLATS SOIL - 1973
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
AMERICIUM 241; ISOTOPE RATIO; RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; STATISTICS; PLANTS; DEPTH DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ACTIVITY LEVELS; SOILS; GAMMA SPECTRA; RADIATION DETECTORS; SAMPLING; GRAPHS; PLUTONIUM 240; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; PLUTONIUM 239; DATA
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:
1976 Mar 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0034
Accession Number:
NV0067567
Document Number(s):
HASL304
Originating Research Org.:
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE PLUTONIUM MASS ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS AND THE AMERICIUM-241 ANALYSES OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM ROCKY FLATS IDENTIFY THE CONTAMINATION AS PLUTONIUM WHICH WAS PROCESSED IN 1958. THE AMERICIUM-241 ACTIVITY IN THE SOIL WI LL REACH ITS MAXIMUM IN 2033 AND REPRESENT 18% OF THE PLUTONIUM -239-2 40 ACTIVITY. NUCLIDE RATIOS INDICATE THAT CURRENT OPERATIONS AT ROCKY FLATS CONTRIBUTE LITTLE TO THE AIRBORNE PLUTONIUM CONCENTRATIONS WHICH ARE DUE TO RESUSPENSION OF THE CONTAMINATED SOIL. ROOT UPTAKE OF PLUT ONIUM OR AMERICIUM BY VEGETATION IS SLIGHT OR SHOWS NO DISCRIMINATION AMONG THE ISOTOPES AND NUCLIDES STUDIED. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLUT ONIUM DEPOSITION CONTOUR AND THE AREA ENCLOSED BY THAT CONTOUR HAS BEE N VERIFIED FOR CONTOUR VALUES EXTENDING OVER 7 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. TH IS GIVES CONFIDENCE TO OUR CALCULATIONS OF THE QUANTITIES OF PLUTONIUM RELEASED ON AND OFF THE ROCKY FLATS PLANT SITE.