Off-site monitoring for the Mighty Oak nuclear test
After a nuclear explosives test, code name Mighty Oak, the tunnel leading to the test point became contaminated with radioactive debris. To re-enter and recover valuable equipment and data, the DOE purged the tunnel air using particulate and charcoal filters to minimize discharge of radioactivity to the atmosphere. During this purging, the EPA established special air samples supplementing their routine air monitoring networks. Analysis of the collected samples for radioactive noble gases and for gamma-emitting radionuclides indicated that only low levels of xenon-133 were released in amounts detectable in populated areas near the Nevada Test Site. The maximum dose to an individual was calculated to be 0.36 microrem, assuming that person remained in the open field at the measurement site during the whole period of the purging.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV (USA). Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-76DP00539
- OSTI ID:
- 5455082
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/DP/00539-057; EPA-600/4-86-030; ON: DE86014090
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GASEOUS WASTES
RADIATION MONITORING
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
NEVADA TEST SITE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
RADIATION DOSES
TUNNELS
XENON 133
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOSES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPLOSIONS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
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MATERIALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
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