Document Details
Title:
ESTIMATED THYROID IRRADIATION OF UTAH INFANTS DUE TO NUCLEAR TESTS IN NEVADA
Author(s):
MAYS, C W [UNIVERSITY OF UTAH]
Subject Terms:
HARDTACK II OPERATION; FALLOUT; THYROID; RADIATION DETECTION; FALLOUT TRAJECTORIES; INFANTS; MILK; IODINE 131; UPTAKE; STATISTICS; AIR FILTERS; BETA DETECTION; FRANKLIN PRIME EVENT; RADIATION MONITORING; FISSION YIELD; DATA; NEOPLASMS; CALCULATION METHODS; AEROSOL MONITORING; ACTIVITY LEVELS; EASY-0552 EVENT; FOX-0552 EVENT; ANNIE EVENT; HARRY EVENT; BOLTZMANN EVENT; FRANKLIN EVENT; WILSON EVENT; HOOD EVENT; DIABLO EVENT; KEPLER EVENT; SHASTA EVENT; DOPPLER EVENT; SMOKY EVENT; GALILEO EVENT; WHEELER EVENT; NEWTON EVENT; WHITNEY EVENT; CHARLESTON EVENT; MORGAN EVENT; SOCORRO EVENT; BLANCA EVENT; SEDAN EVENT; LITTLE FELLER II EVENT; JOHNIE BOY EVENT; SMALL BOY EVENT; LITTLE FELLER I EVENT; TUMBLER OPERATION; UPSHOT OPERATION; PLUMBBOB OPERATION; STORAX OPERATION; PLOWSHARE PROJECT; DOMINIC II OPERATION; RADIATION DOSES; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; SODIUM 24; TUNGSTEN 187; URANIUM 235; PLUTONIUM 239; INTAKE; FOOD CHAINS; ISOTOPE RATIO; TUMBLER-SNAPPER OPERATION; UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE OPERATION
Addressee:
COOGAN J S
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:
1963 Aug 10
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0014
Accession Number:
NV0153308
Originating Research Org.:
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
ASSAY OF MILK FOR FALLOUT IODINE-131 FROM NEVADA TESTS DURING 1962 IND ICATE THE AVERAGE THYROID DOSE OF ABOUT 1.0 RAD TO THE 53,000 UTAH INF ANTS UNDER 2 YEARS OLD. UNFORTUNATELY, IODINE-131 HAD NOT BEEN MEASUR ED IN MILK OR IN PEOPLE DURING EARLIER TESTING. HOWEVER, THYROID DOSE S FROM THE EARLIER TESTS CAN BE ESTIMATED CRUDELY USING AIR BETA CONCE NTRATIONS AND PUBLISHED YIELDS OF ANNOUNCED DETONATIONS. THE NUMBER O F EXPOSED UTAH INFANTS AND THEIR ESTIMATED AVERAGE THYROID DOSES ARE L ISTED FOR EACH YEAR OF NEVADA TESTING: YR. 1951, INFANTS UNDER 2 YRS. 40,000, ESTIMATED DOSE (RAD) 0.4; YR. 1952, INFANTS UNDER 2 YRS. 41,0 00, ESTIMATED DOSE (RAD) 3.8; YR. 1953*, INFANTS UNDER 2 YRS. 43,000, ESTIMATED DOSE (RAD), 6.3; YR. 1955, INFANTS UNDER 2 YRS. 45,000, ESTI MATED DOSE (RAD), 2.0; YR. 1957, INFANTS UNDER 2 YRS. 47,000, ESTIMATE D DOSE (RAD), 8.6; YR. 1958, INFANTS UNDER 2 YRS. 48,000, ESTIMATED DO SE (RAD), 1.4; YR. 1962, INFANTS UNDER 2 YRS. 53,000, ESTIMATED DOSE ( RAD), 1.0. *ST. GEORGE, INFANTS UNDER 2 YRS. 700, ESTIMATED DOSE (RAD ), 68. USING UNVERIFIED ASSUMPTIONS, 0-22 THYROID CANCERS FROM NEVADA IODINE-131 FALLOUT ARE PREDICTED FOR UTAH CHILDREN. DESPITE UNCERTAI NTIES IN THESE ESTIMATES, THEY INDICATE THAT STUDIES FOR POSSIBLE DELA YED EFFECTS OF RADIATION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR UTAH.