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Title:
STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF THE HANFORD REACTORS ON AQUATIC LIFE IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
ALGAE - RADIOACTIVITYCOLUMBIA RIVERCOLUMBIA RIVER - ECOLOGYCOOLANT RADIOACTIVITYFISH - RADIATION EFFECTSHANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORSPERMISSIBLE LIMITSPHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES P-32PLANKTONRADIATION AND RADIATION PROTECTION
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1954 Oct 11
Declassification Date:
1981 Jun 22
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
16
Accession Number:
RL-1-360921
Document Number(s):
HW-33366
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Jan 09
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 10
Description/Abstract:
RETENTION OF JUVENILE SALMON IN VARIOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF EFFLUENT HAVE SHOWN NO HARMFUL EFFECTS; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF RIVER BIOTA HAVE DETECTED NO ABNORMALITIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO HANFORD OPERATIONS; RADIO P PRESENT IN EFFLUENT IS HIGHLY CONCENTRATED BY RIVER ORGANISMS; IT IS IMPRACTICAL FOR A PERSON TO EXCEED PERMISSIBLE INTAKE OF P-32 BY EATING FISH CAUGHT FROM COLUMBIA RIVER.