Radionuclides in a deciduous forest surrounding a shallow-land-burial site in the eastern United States

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6192822

Rickard, W. H.; Kirby, L. J.; McShane, M. C.

The objective of this study was to determine if radioactive materials buried in trenches at the Maxey Flats burial ground in eastern Kentucky have migrated into the surrounding oak-hickory forest. Forest floor litter, minearl soil, and tree leaves were sampled and the radionuclide content measured. (ACR)

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6192822
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-9123; CONF-810722-11; ON: DE81028009; TRN: 81-015377
• Resource Relation: Conference: International symposium on migration in the terrestrial environment of long-lived radionuclides from the nuclear fuel cycle, Knoxville, TN, USA, 27 Jul 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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