A crude guess as to the effect of a pile explosion on the aquatic life of the Columbia River

Technical Report · Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1952

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10174568· OSTI ID:10174568

Foster, R F

This document contains information about the radiological result of a hypothetical explosion of one of the Hanford Production Reactors. Three aspects are discussed: 1. The effect of the radiation emitted from the explosion; 2. The contamination of the river and its aquatic life as a result of the fall out from the explosion; 3. The hazard which would result from humans eating contaminated fish.

• Research Organization: Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10174568
• Report Number(s): HW-23792; ON: DE94016927
• Resource Relation: Other Information: DN: Declassified; PBD: [1952]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
COLUMBIA RIVER
CONTAMINATION
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
FOOD CHAINS
SALMON
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DESIGN BASIS AND HYPOTHETICAL ACCIDENTS
RESEARCH
TEST
TRAINING
PRODUCTION
IRRADIATION
MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT