Document Details
Title:
ACTINIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN TISSUES FROM CATTLE GRAZING NEAR THE ROCKY FLATS PLANT
Author(s):
SMITH, D D [ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, U.S.]; BLACK, S C [NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER-LAS VEGAS, NV]
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:
1975 Feb 28
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0057
Accession Number:
NV0067749
Document Number(s):
NERCLV53936
Originating Research Org.:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, U.S.
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
CONCENTRATIONS OF URANIUM, PLUTONIUM, AND AMERICIUM WERE MEASURED IN V ARIOUS TISSUES FROM TEN CATTLE COLLECTED FROM A HERD WHICH GRAZED ON A PASTURE JUST EAST OF THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ROCKY FLATS PL ANT, COLORADO. THE PLUTONIUM CONCENTRATIONS WERE STATISTICALLY EQUIVAL ENT TO THOSE FOUND IN OTHER HERDS GRAZING IN AREAS WHERE THE PLUTONIUM IN SOIL WAS ABOVE THE U.S. AVERAGE LEVEL. THE AMERICIUM CONCENTRATION S WERE ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/2 OF THE PLUTONIUM-239 CONCENTRATIONS IN THE SAM E TISSUES.