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Title: Letter Report: Scoping Analysis of Gas Phase Transport from the Rulison Underground Nuclear Test

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/829916· OSTI ID:829916

This letter report documents the results of a computer model to quantify the travel time of tritium (radioactive hydrogen) from an underground nuclear detonation in 1969 toward a proposed producing gas well located 1,500 feet (457 meters) away.

Research Organization:
Desert Research Institute, University and Community College System of Nevada (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-00NV13609
OSTI ID:
829916
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/13609-LTR2004-01; TRN: US200430%%1059
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 6 May 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English