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  FINAL REPORT OF OFF-SITE SURVEILLANCE
                     FOR THE
         NRX-A6 REACTOR TEST SERIES
            Environmental Surveillance
   Western Environmental Research Laboratory

    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
               Published August 1971
This surveillance performed under a Memorandum of
           Understanding (No.  SF 54 373)
          for the Nevada Operations Office
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                                                                SWRHL-78r
         FINAL REPORT OF OFF-SITE SURVEILLANCE
                            FOR THE
                NRX-A6 REACTOR TEST SERIES
                                by
                   Environmental Surveillance
          Western Environmental Research Laboratory*

            ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                      Published .August 1971
       This surveillance performed under a Memorandum of
                   Understanding (No.  SF 54 373)
                 for the Nevada Operations Office
               U.  S.  ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

^Formerly part of U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Public Health Service, Environmental Health Service, Environmental
Control Administration,  Bureau of Radiological Health

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                            ABSTRACT  .





The NRX-A6 nuclear rocket test series consisted of three power



tests from November 21 to December 15,  1967 at the Nuclear



Rocket Development Station (NRDS),  Jackass Flats, Nevada.  Radio-



active effluent was released to the off-site area from only the full



power test, Experimental Plan TIT A (EP IIIA), on December 15.





Radioactive material was transported by prevailing winds along an



azimuth of approximately 235°.  Aerial and ground monitoring fol-



lowing the run detected levels  of radioactivity above background in



a sector from about 170°to 260° from Test Cell C,  NRDS, to a



distance of 200 miles.





Residents within 25 miles of Test Cell C,  between azimuths of



210° and 250°, were advised to remain undercover from the begin-



ning of the run to one hour  after the run.  Cooperation with this



request was  confirmed by EPA monitors a.ssigned to these locations.




The maximum gamma exposure  rate observed by a ground monitor



using a portable  GM survey instrument was 1. 5 mR/h.  above



background at Corder's  Ranch in the Amargosa Farm Area near



Lathrop Wells,  Nevada, at 1253 hours PST.   The maximum esti-



mated infinite exposure,  at the locations monitored, was  2. 0 mR,



8. 1 miles west of Lathrop Wells on Highway 95.





The maximum concentration of ^Ij in air was 4. 1  pCi/m3



(0.4 |j.Ci- sec/m3 integrated exposure) at Death Valley Junction,



California.  This is the  combined value of l^lj from both the particu-



late filter  and charcoal cartridge.  This amounts to less than 1 mrad



inhalation dose to a hypothetical two-gram thyroid.

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Iodine-131 was detected in milk from six sampling stations.  The



maximum concentration found was 90 pCi/1 at Dansby's and Rooker's



Ranches near Lathrop Wells.   The maximum estimated radioiodine



dose to a hypothetical two-gram thyroid was 8 mrad.




Particles,  eroded from the reactor core, were  found deposited on



the ground out to 40 miles from the reactor.  The maximum depo-



sition density was 0. 2 particles/m2 .

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                            PREFACE
In accordance with Memorandum of Understanding, SF  54 373, the
Western Environmental Research Laboratory (WERL) provides an
off-site radiological safety program for the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion in support of nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site (NTS)
and at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station,  which lies within
NTS. In this capacity, WERL is responsible for the following:
     1.  Documenting the  radiological situation in off-site areas
     through comprehensive environmental sampling and radiation
     monitoring.
     2.  Assuring continuous protection of public health and safety
     by determining potential  and past exposures to radioactivity,
     and implementing protective measures as directed by the Test
     Manager, AEC.
     3.  Conducting a public contact and information program in the
     off-site area to assure local residents that  all reasonable safe-
     guards are being employed to  protect public health and property
     from radiation hazards.
     4.  Collecting information regarding incidents which may be
     attributed to radioactive  releases to the off-site area.
Off-site areas are those  outside the boundaries  of NTS, the Tonopah
Test Range,  and the Nellis Air Force Range,  -which together are
identified in this  report as the Test Range  Complex.
 The WERL also  represents the Environmental Protection Agency
 (EPA), and thereby maintains close working relationships with
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surrounding states and other components of EPA.  When any off-site
radiological safety operation is conducted, all appropriate parties
are kept advised and all state and EPA surveillance networks are
alerted,  as appropriate, to assist in documenting levels of
radioactivity.
Note; At the time this work was performed,  the Laboratory was
named the Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory and was a
component of the Bureau of Radiological Health,  Public Health
Service.
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                     TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                             Page
ABSTRACT                                                   i
PREFACE                                                   iii
LIST OF TABLES                                            vii
LIST OF FIGURES                                          viii
INTRODUCTION                                              1
PROCEDURES                                                3
     Public Protection                                         3
     Aerial and Ground Monitoring                             3
     Survey Instruments                                        4
     Gamma-Rate Recorders                                   5
     Dosimeters                                               5
     Air Samples                                              8
     Vegetation Samples                                        9
     Milk Samples                                             9
     Water Samples                                            9
     Particle Study                                           10
RESULTS                                                   11
     Public Protection                                        11
     Monitor Readings                                        11
     Gamma-Rate Recorders                               '   14
     Dosimeters                                              15
     Air Sampling                                            1 5
     Milk and Milk Cow Feed                                  20
     Water Samples                                           22
     Natural  Vegetation                                       23

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               TABLE OF CONTENDS (continued)

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DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY                                26
REFERENCES                                             28
APPENDICES                                              29
DISTRIBUTION
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                        LIST OF TABLES

Table                                                         Page

1. NRX-A6 Test Series - 1967                                 1

2. Estimated hypothetical thyroid dose from radioiodine       22
   in milk  from six stations showing the six highest
   concentrations of 131I,  NRX-A6 EP IIIA
3. Water samples with fresh fission products, NRX-A6        23
   EP IIIA
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                        LIST OF FIGURES
Figure                   '                                      Page
 1.  ASN air sampling stations and RM-11 locations,            6
     NRX-A6 EP IIIA
 2.  Routine dosimetry stations,  NRX-A6 EP IIIA               7
 3.  Location of notified residents and results of particle
     surveys, NRX-A6, EP IIIA                                12
 4.  Ground monitoring results,  NRX-A6 EP IIIA,  12/15/67    13
 5.  Air sampling results, NRX-A6 EP IIIA,  12/15-12/16/67    16
 6.  Air sampling results, NRX-A6 EP IIIA',  12/16-12/17/67    17
 7.  Air sampling results, NRX-A6 EP IIIA,  12/17-12/18/67    18
 8.  Air sampling results, NRX-A6 EP IIIA,  12/18-12/19/67    19
 9.  Milk sampling results, NRX-A6 EP IIIA                   21
10.  Native vegetation sampling results, NRX-A6 EP TTTA       24
11.  Hot line determination from  natural vegetation sampling    25
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                         INTRODUCTION

On December 15,  1967, the full power test (Experimental Plan IIIA)
of the NRX-A6 nuclear reactor was conducted at Test Cell C,
Nuclear Rocket Development Station, beginning at 1059 hours,  PST.
For the purpose of measuring and documenting the effect that this
test would have on levels  of radiation and radioactivity in the
environment outside the Test Range Complex, the Western Environ-
mental Research Laboratory (WERL) , Environmental Protection Agency,
performed off-site radiological monitoring.  This report  summa-
rizes the  operational surveillance procedures used and presents  the
data obtained,  with the exception of results from the special study on
reactor-released  particulates of high specific radioactivity and aerial
monitoring using USAF and EPA aircraft.  These latter results are
reported  separately *  '   '.
The NRX-A6 reactor was the sixth NRX engine tested by the NERVA
Program (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) of Project
Rover, administered by SNSO (Space Nuclear Systems Office).   The
engine was tested through three experimental plans (EP's) on the
dates and at the integrated power levels shown in Table 1 (3»   »  -*'.
Airborne radioactivity was released during EP IIIA only.
Table 1.  NRX-A6 Test Series  - 1967.	
EP     "                  Date               Integrated Power
                                                (Mw sec)	
   _                   November 21             <~7
  II                   December 6               21
  III                   December 6, 7, 8        (Test Postponed)
TTTA	December 15	4.4 x 106	
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The purpose of EP TTTA -was to evaluate engine performance at full
power for 60 minutes.  Radioactive gases and particulates  were
released by the combination of high core temperatures, high hydrogen
coolant flow rates,  and fuel element erosion and corrosion.  The
engine was positioned so that the effluent was directed upward.

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                          PROCEDURES .

Public Protection
Prior to the full-power test, the reactor effluent trajectory was pre-
dicted by NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) to
go to the southwest from Test Cell C.  Since contact with radio-
active  particles within the effluent was considered probable for
residents close to the test-site  boundaries,  preparations were made
to keep undercover all residents of the Amargosa Farm Area within
the predicted cloud path.  Three EPA monitors were stationed in
Lathrop Wells  (population of 28 adults,  11 children)  and 31 monitors
were assigned  to the 31 residences within the area bounded by
Highway 95, a  25-mile arc from Test Cell C,  and a  line through
Test Cell C and Lathrop Wells.  All personnel were in two-way radio
contact with the control point,  prepared to advise residents to stay
indoors.
Aerial and Ground Monitoring
Before the reactor test, mobile monitors were positioned within the
downwind trajectory at populated locations and on existing roads and
highways crossing the predicted cloud path to monitor radiation levels
and  collect environmental samples.  About half of the  31 monitors
were equipped  with radiation survey instruments, gamma-rate
recorders, thermoluminescent dosimeters, portable air samplers,
and  supplies for collecting environmental samples.  The other
personnel were equipped with radiation survey instruments only.

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Following the release of radioactivity from the test,  pertinent charac •
teristics of the effluent were determined by aerial monitoring.   The
cloud tracking team in a USAF U-3A aircraft defined the boundaries
and hotline  of the radioactive effluent.   A EPA Turbo-Beech aircraft
was used to perform cloud sampling,  cloud tracking, and other docu-
mentation.  All tracking information from the aircraft was radioed
immediately to a control center where it was used in conjunction
with meteorological .and on-site monitoring information to assist in
placing ground monitors in the downwind area, as required.
Following cloud passage, the effect of the test on the environment
was determined from comprehensive monitoring and sampling.
Monitors obtained radiation readings and collected vegetation, milk,
cow feed, and water  samples in off-site areas out to 141 miles from
Test Cell C.  Additional milk samples were  collected from Grade  A
dairies as far as 272 miles from  Test Cell C.
Survey Instruments
The aircraft and ground monitors were  equipped with Geiger-Mueller
(GM),  gamma scintillation,  and ionization chamber survey instru-
ments.  The GM instrument has a range of 0-200 mR/h   on four
linear scales using an external GM tube with a sliding shield.  A
range  of 0-2000 mR/h is  provided by an internal  GM tube.  The
gamma scintillation instrument has a range of 0-3 mR/h on four
linear scales.  The ionization chamber  survey instrument has a
range  of 0.05 to  50,000 mR/h. on two logarithmic scales.  These
instruments are  calibrated with a 137Cs source and are accurate to
+ 20%.  Exposure rate readings can be read to two significant
figures.

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Gamma-Rate Recorders
A network of 28 continuously operated gamma-rate recorders
(Eberline RM-11) was located around the Test Range Complex at the
locations shown in Figure 1.   These instruments measure radiation
exposure rates over a range  of 0. 01 to 100 mR/h  with a GM  detector
and record the levels on a 30-hour  strip chart.  The instrument is
accurate to + 20%, as calibrated with a 137Cs source.
Portable gamma-rate recorders carried by monitors use the  same
0-2000 mR/h  GM survey instrument mentioned in the section on
Survey Instruments, coupled to  a battery-powered strip-chart recorder.
These recorders were used to supplement the routine network of
gamma-rate recorders  and the radiation readings taken by monitors.
The enclosure for each recorder also contained two thermolumines-
cent dosimeters described in the following section.
Dosimeters
A routine dosimetry network of  film badges and thermoluminescent
dosimeters (TLD's)  is operated continuously.  This network is shown
in Figure 2.  At the  time of NRX-A6,  there were approximately
90 stations, each equipped with  five film badges.  Eighty-six of these
stations also were each equipped with three TLD's.  In addition,
137 off-site residents were badged with one film packet  each  and all
monitors were issued one TLD for a personnel dosimeter.  Two
TLD's were were  placed in each portable gamma-rate recorder.
The dosimetry film used by the  EPA network is a Dupont Type 545
single emulsion film packet with a useful range of about 30 mR to
3 R.  Reading accuracy is +  50% from 30 to 100 mR and + 10% from
100 to 2000 mR for gamma radiation above  50 keV.

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The TLD used in the network is the EG&G Model TL-12 dosimeter
with a useful range from about 1 mR to 5000 R.   The overall reading
accuracy is + 10% for gamma radiation above 50 keV.
Air Samples
The routine network of about 100 permanent air samplers of the Air
Surveillance Network (Figure 1) is used for measuring concentrations
of airborne radioactivity on a daily basis.  These stations, sampling
at about 10 cfm,  collect airborne  particulates on 4-inch-diameter
Whatman 541 filters.  Twenty of the  stations immediately surround-
ing the Test Range Complex operate  routinely with a 4-inch-diameter
charcoal cartridge behind a particulate filter.  By telephone request,
charcoal cartridges are placed in additional stations and the standby
stations are activated.
Portable air samplers carried by field monitors supplemented the
ASN stations to cover cloud passage.   These samplers  also used
4-inch-diameter  filters  and charcoal cartridges and operated at
about 1 2 cfm.
All particulate filters were counted for gross beta radioactivity on a
low-background,  thin-window, proportional counter. Results were
reported in pCi/m3  and  fjtCi- sec/m3 extrapolated to end of collection
time.  Those particulate filters that contained reactor-related radio-
activity and all charcoal cartridges were analyzed by gamma spectrom-
etry with a 4- by 4-inch Nal crystal and multi-channel analyzer.  The
concentrations of individual radionuclides were  reported in pCi/m3
and uCi'sec/m extrapolated to end of collection.  For gross beta and
radioiodine radioactivity the minimum detectable activity (MDA) was
0. 1 pCi/m3 for a ten-minute count.
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Vegetation Samples
Following cloud passage, samples of natural vegetation were col-
lected along highways and at populated locations to augment or
substantiate other evidence of the radioactive deposition pattern.
Samples were counted for gross gamma radioactivity and qualitatively
analyzed by gamma spectrometry to determine whether samples were
positive or negative for test-related radioactivity.
Samples of cow feed were collected at the milk sampling locations
listed in Appendix D and analyzed by gamma spectrometry.  The con-
centrations of individual radionuclides identified in the samples were
reported in pCi/kg if greater than the MDA  of 50 pCi/kg for a ten-
minute count.
Milk Samples
One-gallon milk samples were collected from family milk cows located
within the cloud path.  Samples of 3. 5 liters were analyzed by gamma
spectrometry techniques.   The lower limit of detection for 131I and
133I is about  10  pCi/1 for a  20-minute counting time.  Samples con-
taining test-related radioactivity were.also  analyzed by radiochemistry
techniques for 89Sr and 90Sr, which have MDA's  of 5 pCi/1 and 2 pCi/1,
respectively.
Water Samples
One-gallon water  samples were collected within the effluent trajectory
from stock tanks at locations where milk samples were collected and
from potable water sources.  All samples were analyzed by gamma
spectrometry.  Those samples containing test-related radioactivity
were also analyzed by radiochemistry methods for 89Sr and 90Sr.  The
minimum detectable concentrations were  the same as those for milk.
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Particle Study




A search was made to locate, collect,  and analyze particles of high



radioactivity which were deposited on the ground downwind of the



Test Cell.   The deposition density (number of particles per square



meter) was determined and selected particles were analyzed for



isotopic and gross beta radioactivity, size, density and chemical



composition.
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                            RESULTS

Public Protection
Shortly after the full-power test was started, residents found within
the area shown in Figure 3 were advised to stay indoors until one
hour after the end of the test.  All the people cooperated and no com-
plaints were received.  Results of post-test deposition surveys
(Z, pp.  6-10) confirm that the residents contacted were within the
affected area.
Monitor Readings
Figure 4 shows  the locations of monitors during cloud passage, lists
their maximum  gamma exposure-rate readings obtained with GM survey
instruments, and lists the integrated radiation exposure at each
location.  These exposures were estimated by integrating the cloud
passage radiation readings with time, assuming that any radioactive
ground deposition decayed in accordance with t   '  .
The hotline of 235° shown in Figure 4 was based upon the integrated
exposures estimated from the monitor readings.  This hotline agrees
well with results from vegetation sampling and from aerial monitor-
ing '  ' ; however, it differs with the particle  hotline of 219° found by
the particle study »  '.  This may be explained by the variation of
wind direction with altitude during cloud passage.
According to a post-test evaluation '°' of meteorological conditions
during and following EP ITT A, the trajectories of effluent released at
the beginning of the test at 10, 000,  8, OQO and 4, 600 feet mean sea
level (MSL) were southwest of Test Cell C along azimuths of about
255°, 237°,  and 218°, respectively, with some  curvature to the

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           RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA •-•;•;•:•.
            WERE ASKED TO REMAIN INSIDE
                                                             LATHROP WELLS
                                                               DEATH VALLEY JCT
Figure 3.  Location of notified residents and results of particle surveys,

            NRX-A6,  EP IIIA.
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NO. 22 2 MILES
  TO BEATTY 4 MILES
             AMARGOSA
             FARM AREA
               ROAD
                                                                   LATHROP WELLS
                                                                NOTE: WHERE MORE THAN ONE
                                                                    MONITOR WAS AT THE
                                                                    SAME LOCATION THE
                                                                    HIGHEST READING  IS
                                                                    GIVEN.
                                                                    •HOT LINE' BASED ON
                                                                     TOTAL EXPOSURE
                                                                     CALCULATIONS.
         Figure 4.  Ground monitoring results,  NRX-A6,  EP IIIA,  12/15/67.
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south.  From aerial monitoring results  * ' the altitude of maximum

radioactivity was found at 8, 500 feet MSL.  Since the large particu-

lates in the reactor effluent would not be ejected as high as the

gaseous portion of effluent at 8, 500 feet, the trajectory of particles

would be at an azimuth less than  237°, closer to Lathrop Wells.

In addition to those readings shown in Figure 4,  other readings

taken by mobile monitors from Lathrop  Wells, Nevada to Shoshone,

California,  and from Death Valley  Junction, California through

Furnace Creek, California,  showed a maximum  of 0. 6 mR/h  above

background 24 miles S.E. of Furnace Creek on Highway 190

(200°, 38 mi.).  Readings slightly above background were found by

monitors in the Owens Valley along Highway 395.  The maximum

recorded was 0. 1 mR/h. 5 miles S. of the Junction of Highways 395

and  14 (228°,  112 mi. ).  Remonitoring of the Amargosa Farm Area

on 12/16 - 12/17 showed residual activity on two haystacks; one at

Dansby's Ranch and one at Herd's Ranch.  Contact readings indicated

a maximum of about twice instrument background at both ranches.

A more detailed listing of ground monitoring results can be found in

Appendix B.

Gamma-Rate Recorders

Ten  battery-powered  gamma-rate recorders were  placed at 2. 5-mile

intervals along Highway 95 west of Lathrop Wells.  The GM survey

instruments connected to the recorders were set for 20 mR/h  and

200 mR/h  full scale  based upon an expected exposure-rate along

Highway 95 of 70 mR/h.   Since the maximum exposure rate

observed along High-way 95 was only 0. 8 mR/h,  cloud passage was

not documented by the recorders.  Thermoluminescent dosimeters

(TLD's) placed with the exposure-rate recorders measured no

exposure'above normal background.
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Two RM-'ll  gamma-rate recorders showed radiation above back-


ground levels on December  15.  The RM-11 at Lathrop Wells


showed a cloud arrival time of 1135 hours, a peak reading of


0. 3 mR/h.   and an estimated integrated gamma exposure of less


than 0. 1 mR.  No deposition was indicated by the RM-11 recorder.


The RM-11 at Death Valley  Junction showed a cloud arrival time
                                                      •

of 1300 hours,  a peak reading of 0. 2 mR/h   the presence of

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deposition which decayed proportional to t     ,  and an integrated


gamma exposure of 0. 5 mR.



Dosimeters



All ground monitors were issued film badges and TLD dosimeters.


None of these devices nor any of the TLD's in the routine dosimetry


network showed exposures above background.



Air Sampling



Fresh fission products from the reactor test and from reactor-pulse-


cooldown operations (conducted until  December  18) were detected on


the filters of air samplers operated at the locations shown in


Figures 5, 6,  7, an'd 8.  These samples were collected at various


times during the period December 15 through 19.  All stations


•were part of the continuously operated Air Surveillance Network


except for five portable samplers located in the Amargosa Valley


southwest of Test Cell C, three portable  samplers along Highway 95


between Lathrop Wells and  Beatty, and five portable samplers along


Highway 395 south of its junction with Highway 14 near Ridgecrest,


California.  The portable samplers operated only during cloud


passage of the  reactor effluent from the full-power test except for


the one at Dansby's Ranch which was operated on December 16 and  17.
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                                                          • TEST CELL C
                                                          LATHROP WELLS

                                                                    ~LS INDIAN SPRINGS
                            INDEPENDENCE

                               LONE PINE
                                        .HO)-' FURNACE CREEK
                                                             ASM MEADOWS
                                                                 PAHRUMP
                                               DEATH VALLEY
                                                   JCT.
                                  LITTLE LAKE


                                    • RIDGECREST
SAN  LUIS
 OBISPO
                                                          • Stations with fission products from
                                                              NRX-A6
                                                          D Stations with no detectable fresh
                                                              fission products
                                                             Stations with NRX-A6 fission
                                                              products, but sampler stopped
                                                              (see text)
                                                             Sampler inoperative
                                          SAN BERNARDINO

                                         RIVERSIDE
PACIFIC
    OCEAN
    50
    i
SCALE IN MILES
                                      ESCONDIDO

                                     SAN DIEGO
       FigureS.   Air  sampling results, NRX-A6, EP HIA,  12/15/67-12/16/67.
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                                          ,  ,  .   TEST
                                             !  !   SITE
                                            BEATTY
                                             i.  j  »TEST CELL C
                                                 LATHKOP WELLS
                                                              INDIAN SPRINGS
                                   FURNACE CREEK
                                                    ASH. MEADOWS
                                                       PAHRUMP
                                      DEATH VALLEY
                                          JCT.
                         'LITTLE LAKE


                           • RIDGECREST
                                                      Stations with fission products
                                                         from NRX-A6
PACIFIC
    OCEAN
                                                  D  Stations with no detectable fresh
                                                         fission products
                                                  O  Sampler inoperative
Figure 6.  Air sampling results,  NRX-A6, EP JJIA, 12/16-12/17/67.
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                                        SCOTTY'S JCT.
                                                 \  NEVADA
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                                                   • TEST CELL Cj
                            INDEPENDENCE

                               LONE PINE
                                                   LATHKOP WELLS
                                                   — ,    L_
                                                                 INDIAN SPRINGS
                                     FURNACE CREEK
                                                       ASH MEADOWS
                                                          PAHRUMP
                                        DEATH VALLEY
                                            JCT.
                                     SAN BERNARDINO

                                    RIVERSIDE
                                                         Stations with fission products
                                                           from NRX-A6
PACIFIC
    OCEAN
                                                         Stations with no detectable
                                                           fresh fission products
                                                         Sampler inoperative
                  50
                  4
              SCALE IN MILES
                          100   ESCONDIDO
                                   X  fc   BRAWLEY
                               SAN DIEGO
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Figure 7.  Air sampling results, NRX-A6,  EP IIIA,  12/17-12/18/67.
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                                                      NEVADA
                                                       TEST
                                                       SITE
                                                 BEATTY
                                                  !  ! • TEST.CELL C
                                                     LATHROP WELLS
                                        SAN BERNARDINO

                                        RIVERSIDE
    Stations with fission products
       from NRX-A6
PACIFIC
    OCEAN
D  Stations with no detectable
       fresh fission products
                                                       O  Sampler inoperative
      Figures.   Air sampling results, NRX-A6,  EP IIIA,  12/18-12/19/67.
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Appendix C lists the concentrations of gross beta radioactivity and
of all identified radioisotopes in units of pCi/m3 and uCi' sec/m3.
From the time integrated concentrations (jjiCi'sec/m3) at each air
sampling location, the hypothetical radiation doses to an adult's and
child's thyroid were estimated by the method described in Appendix A.
The maximum inhalation dose was < 1 mrad to a hypothetical 2 gram
thyroid at the Hord and Nickel Ranches in the Amargosa Farm
Area.
Milk and Milk Cow Feed
One hundred and six milk samples were collected from  21 separate
locations shown in Figure  9.  Of these, 21 samples from six locations
contained radioactivity from NRX-A6.  The maximum concentration
was 90 pCi/1 of 131I and 400 pCi/1 of 133I found in a sample from
Dansby's Ranch near Lathrop Wells, Nevada.  Table 2 shows the
maximum concentrations of 131I at each of the six locations where
fresh fission products were detected.  Included  in this table are the
estimated dose from  radioiodines to a hypothetical child's thyroid
based upon the assumptions in Appendix A.
Appendix D shows the complete milk sampling results at all stations
where NRX-A6 activity -was detected along -with  the results of milk
cow feed samples. Appendix E shows the remainder of  the milk
sampling effort at stations where no fresh fission products were
detected.
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                                                 SCOTTY'S JCT.
                                                         \  NEVADA
                                                          \   TEST
                                                    "'  "     SITE
                                                     BEATTY
                                                      :, !  »TEST CELL c
                                                          LATHROP WELLS
                               INDEPENDENCE

                                 LONE PINE
                                                                         INDIAN SPRINGS
                            r\mlf  \S~*4&r FURNACE CREEK
                                 OLANCHA
                                                             ASH  MEADOWS
                                                                 PAHRUMP
                                                 DEATH VALLEY
                                                     JCT.
                                   LITTLE LAKE

                                       RIDGECREST
SAN LUIS
 OBISPO
n
                                             SAN BERNARDINO
                                             RIVERSIDE
                                                                Sampling locations where fresh
                                                                   fission products were found
                                                                   in milk
                                                             O Sampling locations where no
                                                                   fresh fission  products were
                                                                   found in  milk
PACIFIC
     OCEAN
                                 100    ESCONDIDOfl
                                 -1        X   4   BRAWLEY
                                      SAN DIEGO
                SCALE IN MILES
                   Figure 9.   Milk  sampling results,  NRX-A6, EP IIIA.
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Table 2.  Estimated hypothetical thyroid dose from radioiodine in
          milk* from six stations showing the six highest concentra-
          tions of 131I, NRX-A6 EP IIIA.
Name and Location
of Dairy or Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Dansby's Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Hord Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Tom Nickell Ranch
Bar stow, California
Bill Nelson Dairy
Olancha, California
Hayhurst Ranch
Date
Milked
12/16
12/18
12/18

12/17
12/17
12/18

Peak Radionuclide Cone.
(pCi/1)
131i 133i 89Sr 90Sr
90 400 < 5 2
90 70 < 5 3
80 50 < 5 < 2

40 80 < 5 < 2
20 50 < 5 2
20 ND < 5 3

Maximum
Thyroid
Dose (mrad)
8
8
3

2
1
< i

 ''These estimates are based upon a hypothetical ingestion of 1 liter of
milk per day and a thyroid weight of 2 grams with an uptake of 30% of
the available iodine in the milk.
Water Samples
Seventy-nine water samples from open and closed water supplies were
collected in the Amargosa Farm Area, the area around Death Valley
Junction, Furnace Creek, and the Owens Valley as far south as
Barstow, California.  Three samples from open sources  contained
NRX-A6 activity.  The results of these three samples are shown in
Table 3.  Gross beta activity does not include the radioiodines as
these are lost in sample preparation for gross beta counting.  No
samples of water used for human consumption showed detectable
amounts of fresh fission products.
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Table 3.  Water samples with fresh fission products, NRX-A6 EP IIIA. _
                                        Gross   Radionuclide Concentration
Location
Date   Source
Beta
             132
                                                          (pCi/1
                                                          Te
Lathrop Wells,
Nickell Ranch
Lathrop Wells,
Rooker Ranch
Nevada
Nevada
Bar stow, California
. , Stock
Tank
12/16 Stock
Tank
12/16 Rain
Pool
100
28
200
ND
ND
880
ND
ND
180
200
210
2500
< 5
< 5
< 2
< 2
No
Chemistry
ND - Not Detected


Natural Vegetation

Figure 10 shows all locations where samples of native vegetation

were collected and whether or not the samples contained radioactivity

attributable to the NRX-A6 operation.  Figure  11 shows the results

of close-in sampling (out to approximately 50 miles) in relative

numbers.  As can be seen from this figure, the movement of the

released activity was to the southwest moving more southerly with

the passage of time.
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                                                TSCOTTY'S JCT.

                                                          \  NEVADA

                                               B1   "^        TEST

                                                         i     SITE

                                                        BEATTY

                                                         !  ! • TEST CELL C

                                                            LATHROP WELLS
              INDEPENDENCE



                LONE PINE
                                                                   '    ~J INDIAN SPRINGS
                                              FURNACE CREEK
                                                 DEATH VALLEY

                                                     JCT.
                                    LITTLE LAKE



                                       RIDGECREST
SAN LUIS

 OBISPO
                                              SAN BERNARDINO


                                             RIVERSIDE
NEWHALL^. LOS ANGELES
                                               Vegetation samples containing

                                                 radioactivity from NRX-A6
  PACIFIC

      OCEAN
                                                             D Vegetation samples with no
                                                             a
                                                                  radioactivity attributable to
                SCALE IN MILES
            Figure 10.  Native vegetation sampling results,  NRX-A6,  EP TTTA
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                                                                          Test Cell C
                                                                   Lathrop Wells
 Furnace.Creek
                                                                  Death Valley Jet.
                                                 18       8.5
                               NOTE:  ALL NUMBERS ARE RELATIVE VALUES AND
                                     ARE NOT STANDARD UNITS OF RADIOACTIVE
                                     CONCENTRATIONS.  THE VALUES NOTED ON
                                     HIGHWAY 95 ARE BASED  UPON TOTAL
                                     ISOTOPIC CONCENTRATIONS(pCi/kg) WHILE
                                     THE OTHER NUMBERS ARE BASED ON GROSS
                                     GAMMA COUNTS(cpm/kg).
                                              5         10
                                              '         h
                                             SCALE IN MILES
Figure 11.   Hot line determination from natural vegetation sampling.
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                    DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY
          9
The NRX-A6 EP IIIA reactor released airborne  radioactivity during

its  full-power operation and during pulse-cooling after the test.

Unstable weather conditions caused the material to be spread over

a rather large area from almost due west to due south from

Test Cell C.

Just prior to reactor operation, 31 EPA monitors moved into the

Amargosa Farm area'for the purpose of asking people in the area

to remain undercover.  The area covered is shown in Figure 3.

Monitors  remained at,  or near, the residences until they were

instructed by Net Control to inform the people to resume normal

activities.  All the people cooperated well and no adverse comments

were reported.   The  purpose of this  protective action was to

minimize possible exposure to particulates of high activity released

from the reactor fuel elements.  The physical properties of these

particles  are the subject of a separate report

The maximum measured integrated whole body gamma exposure to

a populated  location was 1. 8 mR at the McCarthy/Catlett Ranch.

Since the  residents were undercover  during cloud passage, the actual

exposure  -would have  been less.  This exposure was about one percent

of the radiation protection standards  for a suitable sample  of the  off-

site population (i.e.  170 mrem/year).

The maximum inhalation exposure to a hypothetical 2-gram thyroid

from airborne radioiodines was less  than 1 mrad as measured  by

portable air samplers in the same general area  as the maximum

gamma exposure.

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Milk from all known lactating milk cows in the Amargosa Farm Area
was sampled.  Analytical results from these samples are given in
Appendix D.
The maximum postulated thyroid dose from inhalation and ingestion of
radioiodines  was about 8 mrad for  a one-year-old child.  This model
represents a critical receptor with a 2-gram thyroid and one liter
of milk consumption per 24 hour period and does not indicate a
dose to any one individual.  The maximum dose of radiation in milk
from which these figures were postulated  occurred at Dansby's Ranch.
This postulated exposure is approximately two percent of the presently
accepted guides of  500 mrad thyroid dose  per year.
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                          REFERENCES
1.  Environmental Surveillance,  Southwestern Radiological Health
    Laboratory, Public Health Service,  National Center for Radio-.
    logical Health, Department of Health,  Education,  and Welfare,
    Particulate Effluent Study, NRX-A6  EP IIIA - December  15,  1967.
    SWRHL-57r (October  1968).
2.  Environmental Surveillance,  Southwestern Radiological Health
    Laboratory, Public Health Service,  National Center for Radio-
    logical Health, Department of Health,  Education,  and Welfare,
    NRX-A6 EP IIIA Aerial Monitoring and Sampling -
    December 15,  1967.  (July 25, 1969).
3.  NERVA Test Operations,  Jackass Flats, Nevada,  EP I Test
    Report NRX-A6 Test Series Initial Criticality, Flow  Tests,
    Drum Worth Measurements,  NTO-R-0130  -November 21,  1967.
4.  NERVA Test Operations,  Jackass Flats, Nevada,  Test Report
    EP II and III, NRX-A6 Test Series, System Interaction Checkout,
    Full Power Run Aborts, NTO-R-0132  - December 6, 7, and 8, 1967.
5.  NERVA Test Operations,  Jackass Flats, Nevada,  EP IIIA Test
    Report, NRX-A6 Test Series, Full Power Duration Test,
    NTO-R-0133 - December  15,  1967.
6.  U.  S.  Department of Commerce, Environmental Science Services
    Administration, Air Resources Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada,
    Synopsis of the Meteorological Conditions Associated with
    NRX-A6 EP in - January  1968.
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                          APPENDICES

APPENDIX                                                  Page

A.  Methods of Calculating Thyroid Dose.                     30

B.  Summary of Radiation Survey Instrument Readings,        34
    NRX-A6 EP IDA - 1Z/15,  16, 17/67.

C.  Air Results,  NRX-A6 EP ELLA.                           40

D.  Milk Sampling Results with Associated Milk Cow Feed     41
    Results in Parenthesis, NRX-A6 EP IDA.

E.  Milk Sampling Stations Where no Fresh Fission Products  45
    were Detected, NRX-A6 EP  IIIA.
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                           APPENDIX A
          METHODS OF CALCULATING  THYROID DOSE

The dose rate to the thyroid may be described by the equation
      dD/dt = K E A exp - (X-efft) where:
              dD/dt = dose rate per unit time
              K    =  dimensional constant
              E    =  effective energy of beta and gamma radiation,
                       MeV per disintegration
              A    =  concentration of radioiodine in thyroid,
                    =  effective decay constant, time " 1
              t     =  time after deposition in thyroid
This assumes that the radioiodine is uniformly distributed throughout
the thyroid and that the size of the thyroid is large compared to the
range of the beta particles.
The total dose is estimated by integrating the above equation from
time zero to infinity assuming D =  O at time zero.
              D = KEA/* exp -(^efft) dt
              D = (-lAe£f) KEA exp -(Xefft)  |"
              D = O + KEA/K
                              eli
Dose from Inhalation of Radioiodine s
The actual values for the parameters in the dose equation for    I
are as follows:
              K =    1 rad    x     erg       x 3. 7xl04 dis x 8. 64xl04 sec
                  . 100 erg/g     6. 24xl05 MeV     fxCi'sec         day
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              K =  51.2 rad'gm'dis
                    MeV (JiCi'day
              E =  0.23 MeV
              A = XBf, where:
                   m

                   X s  time-integrated concentration of radioactivity,
                        uCi* sec/m3

                   B =  breathing rate of standard man, averaged over
                        24 hours,  2. 32 x 10 l4m3/sec       	
                   f  s  fraction of inhaled radioiodine  reaching the
                        thyroid, 0. 23

                   m =  thyroid weight of standard man,  20 g

              A =  (2, 32 x 10"4m3/sec)(0.23)X
                            20  g
             \eff = 0. 69 3/ (effective half -life for 131I)

             Xeff = (0.693)/7.6 days
Substituting these parameters, the dose equation becomes:

              D = (51.2)  (0.23) (2.32 x  IP"4) (0.23) (7.6)X
                            (20) (0.693)
              D(rads) =  (3.45xlO"4 rads- m3) X ( fiCi- sec)
                                    ((jtCi-sec )  (   m3   )

              or,    D(mrad) = (0. 35 mrad'm3)X (ixCi'sec)
                                    (jaCi-sec )  (   m3   )
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For the dose to a child's thyroid the above equation must be multi-

plied by a factor of 3 to account for differences in thyroid weight and

breathing rates (m3/day) between an adult and a child

(3 = 20 g/2 g x:6 m3/20 m3).

For other radioiodines the dose equation changes according to

differences  in effective half -life and effective decay energies.  The

dose equations for     I and     I are as follows:

          133I, D(mrad) = (0.093 mrad-m3)X
                                     i' sec )

          135I, D(mrad) = (0.029 mrad'm3)x
                                      «sec
In addition to differences in effective half -life and effective beta
                                        179
particle energies, the dose equation for 10£ll is affected by the  rapid
decay of    j ^n ^e kiOO(j stream before it gets to the thyroid and by

the decay rate  of    Te, the precursor of    I.  With these effects
incorporated the dose equation for 132 j becomes

          D(mrad) = (5. 1 x 10"2 mrad' m3 /(iCi* sec)X

where X is the time -integrated concentration of   Te.

Dose from Ingestion of Radioiodines

For ingestion,  parameter A,  the total concentration of radioiodine to

which the thyroid  is exposed is defined by'A= CVf where,
                                              m
          C  =  the time -integrated concentration of  radioiodine in
               milk, pCi'day/1
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          V  = the rate at which milk is consumed by a child one
              year old or less, 1 liter/day

          £  = fraction of ingested radioiodine reaching the thyroid,
              0.3

          m = thyroid weight of a child one year old or less, 2 g
With the values for V, f,  and m substituted,

          A  = (1 liter/day) (0. 3) C, or
                   .  2g
          A  = 0. 15 liter C
                 day  • g
     131
For   I the dose equation D = KEA/X.  „ becomes applicable to milk

ingestion with the above expression for A substituted.

          D (mrad) =(5. 12 x 10"2 mrad'g • dis) (0. 23 MeV) (0. 15 1) (7. 6 day) C
                                 (MeV-pCi-day)     dis   (day g) (0.693  )

          or, D  = (1.9  x IP"2 mrad'l)  C
                             (pCi'day)
For other radioiodines, the above dose equation changes according to

differences  in effective half-life and effective decay energies to become;

          D=  (5.2 x  10~3) C for 133I and
          D =  (1.6  x lO"3) C for U5I.
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                                             APPENDIX B
Table IB.  Summary of radiation survey instrument readings, NRX-A6 EP IIIA - 12/15/67.
                           Azimuth                                GM Survey Meter
                          and Distance      Time Period    Cloud     Readings: Max.
                       From Test Cell C     Monitored     Arrival     Net Gamma
                        Peg.	Mi	Hours	Time   (mR/h)    (Time)
Location Description
Gamma Exposure

      (mR)	
Lathrop Wells,           208      14.5      0830-1210      1138
Nevada

Lathrop Wells,           208      14.5
Nevada

Lathrop Wells,           208      14.5
Nevada

Lathrop Wells to         ---      	      1238-1530      	
Shoshone, California
Highway  127

Goldspar Mine,           270      22.5      1100-1409      1145
Nevada

Lathrop Wells,           208      14.5      1100-1305      1138
Nevada

2. 1 to 3 mi W            ---      	      1225-1330      	
Lathrop Wells,
Highway  95

4. 1 mi W Lathrop        223      16.0      1130-1440      1140
Wells, Highway 95

8. 1 mi W Lathrop        235      18.0      1200-1555      1210
Wells, Highway 95

15 mi W  Lathrop         253      21.0      1115-1600      	
Wells, Highway 95
                                                                     0.5      1145
                                           1100-1337    1130-1140    0.5      1145
                                           1100-1215    1130-1140    0.5      1150
                                                                     0.4*     1338
                                                                     0.04     1210
                                                                     0.5
                                                                     0.61
                                                                     0.6
                                                                     0.8
                                                                     BKG
                                                                              1138
                                                                              1227
                                                                              1240
                                                                              1234
                                                                                               0.2
       2.0

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                                        APPENDIX B (continued)

Table IB.  Summary of radiation survey instrument readings, NRX-A6 EP IIIA - 12/15/67 (continued)
Location Description
    Azimuth
   and Distance
From Test Cell C
 Peg.	Mi
          Time Period
           Monitored
             Hours
                         GM Survey Meter
               Cloud     Readings: Max.
               Arrival     Net Gamma
                Time    (mR/h.)	(Time)
                              Gamma Exposure
                                     (mR)
16. 5 mi W Lathrop
Wells, Highway 95
to Lathrop Wells

Lathrop Wells to
Death Valley Jet.
California, Highway 29

25. 1 mi W Lathrop
Wells to Lathrop Wells
1. 6 mi W  Lathrop
Wells to 25. 1 mi W
Lathrop Wells

Jet.  58 &  190 to Death
Valley Jet., California
Highway 150

12 mi S Red Mountain,
California, Highway 395
to 20 mi N Jet. 395/14

Glen Henderson Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada

James Price Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada

Dansby Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
  215


  215

  221
21.0


21.0


23. 5
1150-1252



1406-1441



1140-1330

1430-1510



1130-1607



1435-1735



1130-1450


1100-1437

1110-1510
1148
1145
1240
                                               0.8C



                                               O.I1



                                               0.7d

                                               O.le



                                               0.6f
                                             1234



                                             1438



                                             1301

                                             1438



                                             1555
                                               0.18  1540-1615
0. 3
0.3
1. 1
1251
1249
1253
0. 11


0. 19

0.71

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                                         APPENDIX B (continued)




Table IB.  Summary of radiation survey instrument readings, NRX-A6 EP IIIA - 12/15/67 (continued)
Azimuth
_, . and Distance
Location Description
From Test Cell C
Deg. Mi
Selbach/ Strickland
Ranch, Lathrop Wells,
Nevada .
McCarthy -Catlett Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Hord Ranch, Lathrop
Wells, Nevada
Smith Ranch, Lathrop
Wells, Nevada
Rich (Davis) Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Hopkins Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Salvatore Residence
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Nickell Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Corder Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Oswald Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Allison Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
222


233

223

210

214

211

215

222

223

223

222

24.0


21.0

23.5

26.5

23.5

20. 5

21.0

23.5

23.5

24. 0

24. 0

Time Period
Monitored
Hours
1055-


. 1 1 28 -

1125-

1134-

1135-

0900-

1145-

1100-

1115-

1 1 SO-

ll 30-

1240


1505

1600

1452

1350

1415

1415

1545

1420

1510

1515

Cloud
Arrival
Time
1240


1230

1240

1200

1200

1150

1145

1230

1240

1235

1230

GM Survey Meter
Readings: Max.
Net Gamma
(mR/h) (Time)
1.0


0.6

0.9

0. 3

0.9

0. 1

0. 3

1.0

1.5

1.0

1.0

1257


1256

1252

1315

1255

1223

1250

1251

1251

1252

1252

Gamma Exposure
(mR)
1.3


1.8

0.82

0.42

0.32

< 0. 10

0. 10

0.59

1. 1

0.95

0.64


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                                         APPENDIX B (continued)

Table  IB.  Summary of radiation survey instrument readings,  NRX-A6 EP IIIA - 12/15/67 (continued)
Azimuth
T ,.. . .. and Distance
Location Description _ _ _ , , _
r From Test Cell C
Deg. Mi
Nicholl Residence
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Amargosa Substation
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Schultz Farm
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Garey Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Fowler Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Amargosa Mobile Trailer
Court, Lathrop Wells,
Nevada
Bryant Residence
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Beatty, Nevada
Selback Residence
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
220

213
227

211
205

215

214
227
282
212

23.

24.
23.

20.
25.

23.

22.
'23.
27.
20.

0

0
5

5
5

5

0
5
5
0

Time Period Cloud
Monitored Arrival
Hours Time
1000

1100
1115

1100
-1500 1240

-1445 1215
-1500 1230

-1520 1143
0930-1500 1205

1030

0920
1134
1120
1105


-1520 1240

-1506 1155
-1430 1230
.1310 	
-1510 1145

GM Survey Meter
Readings: Max. _ _
_° Gamma Exposure
Net Gamma
(mR/h) (Time) (mR)
0

0
0

0
0

0

0
0
.8 1251

.5 1257
.8 1254-1258

.2 1221
. 2 1 307.

.5 1255-1300

.6 1250
.6 1254
Bkg 	
0

.2 1225

0.76

0.82
1. 1

< 0. 10
-i,
*»*

0.80

0.55
1.6
0
0. 18

aReading at Death Valley Junction
bReading at 3 mi W Lathrop Wells
cReading at 3. 9 mi W Lathrop Wells
dReading at 7. 9 mi W Lathrop Wells
eReading at 4. 1 mi W Lathrop Wells
•"•Reading at 24 mi SE Furnace Creek on Highway 190
^Reading at 5 mi S Junction 395/14
. Readings not taken frequently or long enough to determine exposure
1 Reading at 1 mi N Death Valley Junction
'"'Readings not taken long enough to adequately determine integrated
 exposure

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                            APPENDIX B (continued)
Table 2B.  Summary of radiation survey instrument readings, NRX-A6 EP IIIA -
           12/16-17/67.
Location Description
   Azimuth
  and Distance
From Test Cell C
 Deg.        Mi
                     GM Survey Meter
Time Period Cloud   Readings;  Max.
 Monitored   Arrival   Net Gamma
   Hours      Time   (mR/h)    (Time
Dans by Ranch 221
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Dansby Ranch (Hay 221
Stack) Lathrop Wells
Dansby Ranch 221
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Dansby Ranch (Hay 221
Stack) Lathrop Wells
Nickell Ranch to 3 mi 222
N of Ranch, Lathrop
Wells, Nevada
Jet. Amargosa Rd/ 	
Hwy 29 to 10 mi W
then 10 mi N to Hwy
95, Lathrop Wells
Death Valley Jet. ,
California to Shoshone,
California on Hwy 127
Ash Meadows, California 	
to Death Valley Jet. , then
25 mi W of Furnace Creek
Inn
Hord Ranch (Hay 223
Stack) Lathrop Wells
Hord Ranch (Hay 223
Stack) Lathrop Wells
15 mi W Jet. Hwy 95/
29 to 8 mi E, Lathrop
Wells, Nevada
23.5 16/1000 	
23.5 16/1000 	
23.5 17/1310 	
23.5 17/1316 	
23.5 16/1000 	
	 16/1015- 	
16/1250
	 16/1050- 	
16/1210
	 16/1100 	

23.5 16/1052- 	
16/1055
23.5 17/1355 	
	 16/0910- 	
16/1155
Bkg 	
0.03* 	
Bkg 	
Bkg 	
Bkg 	
Bkg 	
Bkg 	
Bkg 	

0.04* 	
Bkg 	
Bkg 	
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                           APPENDIX B (continued)

Table 2B.  Summary of radiation survey instrument readings, NRX-A6 EP TTTA _
	12/16-17/67 (continued)	
                          Azimuth                            GM Survey Meter
         _     .  .        and Distance     Time Period Cloud   Readings:  Max.
Location Description                                       .           °
                       From Test Cell C   Monitored  Arrival   Net Gamma
	Peg.	Mi	Hours	Time   (mR/h)    (Time)
Rooker Ranch (Hay      215        23.5     17/1200    	    Bkg       	
Stack)  Lathrop Wells
Rooker Ranch           215        23.5     17/1405    	    Bkg       	
Lathrop Wells, Nevada	
^Reading on contact with haystack.
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      Air  results,  NRX-A6  EP-IIIA
                                                                 APPENDIX  C
Period
Date It Time Run Gross B
On Time
Location Off Hrs (') Type' pCi/m' uCi-see/m'

Wells. Nevada
222° 23 miles
Nlckell Ranch, Amar-
goaa Farm Area,
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
222° 23 miles
Price Ranch, AmargoBa
Farm Area, Lathrop
Weils, Nevada
219° 19 miles
Lathrop WellB,
Nevada
207° 14 miles
Lathrop WellB,
Nevada
207° 14 miles
Lathrop Wells,
Nevada
207° 14 miles
Dansby's Ranch, Amar-
gosa Farm Area.
Lathrop WellB, Nevada
219° 22 miles
DanBby'B Ranch, Amar-
goBa Farm Area,
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
219° 22 miles
Rooker Ranch,
Amargosa Farm Area,
215° 22 miles
7. 5 ml W Lathrop Wells,
Nevada, Highway 95
233° 17 miles
Death Valley Jet. .
California
191° 38 miles
Death Valley Jet. ,
California
191° 38 miles
Death Valley Jet. ,
California M
191° 38 miles
Junction Hwys 395 li 14
near Inyo/Kern,
California
229° 1 20 miles
Furnace Creek,
California
233° 38 miles
Furnace Creek,
California
233° 38 miles
Furnace Creek,
California
233° 38 miles
Sho shone,
California
178° 58 miles
Ridgecrest,
California
223° 125 miles
Ridgecrest,
California
223° 125 miles
Barstow,
California
198° 139 miles
Baratow,
California
198° 139 miles
Barstow,
California
198° 139 miles
Barstow,
California
198° 139 miles
Las Vegas. Nevada
125° 78 miles
San Bernardino,
California
197° 202 miles
San Bernardino,
California
197° 202 miles
Fresno, California
269° 192 miles
Sllverlake, California
(41
174° 110 miles
Silverlake, California
174° 110 miles
12/15-1610 4.9


12/15-1115
12/15-1600 4.8


12/15-1225
12/15-1445 2.5


12/15-0900

12/15-1700
12/16-0650 13.5

12/16-0655
12/17-0720 24.6

12/15-1115
12/15-1550 3.4


12/16-1420
12/17-1326 23. 1
(2)

12/15-1107
12/15-1525 1.9

,12/15-1155
12/15-1620 4.5

12/15-0630
12/16-0730 25

12/16-0730
12/17-0730 24

12/18-0630
12/19-0630 24

12/15-1615
12/16-1435 22.3


12/15-1430
12/16-1210 22

12/16-1230
12/17-122523.9

12/17-1225
12/18-1140 23.2

12/15-1548
12/16-1145 20.4

12/15-1525
12/16-1232 21. 1

12/16-1235
12/17-1428 25.9

12/15-1435
12/16-0700 16.4

12/16-0700
12/17-0745 24.6

12/17-0745
12/18-0700 23.3

12/18-0700
12/19-0700 23.9

12/15-0945
12/18-1435 76.8
12/15-1515
12/16-1525 24.4

12/16-1526
12/17-1505 23.6

12/16-1145
12/17-112023.6
12/15-1400
12/16-1400 24.0

12/17-1400
12/18-1400 24.0
PF 460
CC


PF 300
CC


PF 530
CC


PF 110

PF 0. 04
CC

PF 0.3
CC

PF 240
CC


PF 0.2
CC


PF 260
CC

PF 57
CC

PF 8.3
CC

PF 0.5
CC

PF < 0. 1
CC

PF 2.6
CC


PF 1.8
CC

PF 0.2
CC

PF < 0. 1
CC

PF 1.6
CC

PF 1.2
CC

PF < 0. 1
CC

PF 0.4
CC

PF 0.6
CC

PF 0.2
CC

PF < 0. I
CC

PF < 0. 1
CC
PF 0.2
CC

PF 0.2
CC

PF 0. 1
CC
PF
CC

PF
CC
8. 1


5.2
--


4.8
--


3.2

0.002
-.

0.03
-.

2.9



0.02
--


1.8


0.92
-.

0.75
--

0.04
--

ND
..

0.21



0. 14
..

0.02
._

..
..

0.12
Radionuclide Concentration
pCI/m' uCi-Bec/m1 pCi/m' uCi-sec/m' oCi/m' uCi-Bec/m1
ND


7.2
ND


ND
ND


ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND


ND
ND

4.2
ND

1.9
2.2

ND
0.6

ND
0.5

0.8
1.3


0.7
1. 5

ND
0.4

0.1
ND

ND
ND


0.12
ND


ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND


ND
ND

0.068
ND

0.17
0.20

ND
0.05

ND
0.04

0.06
0.10


0.06
0. 12

ND
0.03

0.008
ND

ND
4 1
5.4


33
8.7


ND
ND


9.3
6 2

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND


ND
ND

IB
ND

8.3
1.8

ND
ND

ND
ND

2.6
ND


1.4
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

1.4
0.72 22 0.39
0.095 33 0.58


0.57 24 0.41
0.15 31 0.54


ND 19 0. 17
ND ND ND


0.27 5.1 0.15

ND 0.2 0.01
ND ND ND

ND 0.4 0.04
ND 0.8 0.07

ND 8.8 0.11
ND 18 0.22


ND ND ND
ND 0.6 0.05


ND 12 0.082
ND ND ND

0.29 15 0.24
ND 22 0. 36

0.75 2.0 0.18
0.16 1.3 1.2

ND 0.5 0.04
ND 1.5 0.13

ND' ND ND
ND ND ND

0.21 1.9 0.15
ND 4.8 0.39


0.11 2.2 0.17
ND 6.6 0.52

ND ND ND
ND ND ND

ND ND ND
ND ND ND

0.10 2.1 0.15
134,
pCl/m1 nCi-Bec/m
ND
ND


ND
ND


ND
ND


ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
IS

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND
ND


ND
ND


ND
ND


ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
0.24

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
135!
1 pCi/m1 uCi-sec/m1
71
55


ND
41


ND
ND


ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
2.8


ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
1. 3
0. 97


ND
0.71


ND
ND


ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
0.34


ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND


ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
NO CHARCOAL CARTRIDGE

0.091
--

ND
.-

0.02
--

0.05
--

0.02
0.6

ND
--

ND
--
0.02
--

0.02
--

.0.008
--

ND
0.8

ND
0.6

0.2
1.3

0.5
1.0

ND
0.05

ND
0.2

ND
0. 1
0.1
ND

ND
0.2

O.I
ND

ND
0.061

ND
0.06

0.01
0.077

0.04
0.088

ND
ND

ND
0.02

ND
0.03
0.009
ND

ND
0.02

0.008
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND
0.5
ND

ND
ND

0.4
ND

ND ND ND
ND 3.8 0.29

ND ND ND
ND 1.0 0.093

ND ND ND
ND 6. 5 0. 38

ND ND ND
ND ND ND

ND ND ND
0.4 0.03 ND

ND ND ND
ND ND ND

ND ND ND
ND 0.1 0.03
0. 04 ND ND
ND ND ND

ND ND ND
ND ND ND

0.03 0.1 0.008
ND ND ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND
ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND
ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

NU
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND
ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND
ND
ND

ND
ND

ND
ND
NO PARTICULATE FILTER
..

0.6

0.05

ND

ND ND ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

NO PAHTICULATE FILTER
-•
0.2
0.02
ND
ND ND ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
CC -Charcoal cartridge
(1) - Running time is taken from a running time meter and may vary (lightly from time difference between recorded on and off times.
(2) - Sampler was not in operation from 1550,  12/1S-1420, 12/16.
(3) -No fresh fission products were found on the PF or CC that operated from 0730,  12/17 - 0603, 12/18.
(4) -Only charcoal cartridges were used on 12/15.  12/16,  and 12/17 at this station.  Iodine-131 was detected on 12/15 and 12/17. The maximum
    0. 052 LtCi -sec/m*.  T**ese concentrations are obviously not comparable to an air sampler using a PF ahead of the CC.

                                                                          Af\
concentration was

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                          APPENDIX D
Milk sampling results with associated milk cow feed results in
parenthesis,  NRX-A6 EP IIIA.	
Name and Location of
Dairy or Ranch	
Date
Milked
 Radionuclide Concentrations
131 !     133!      89Sr     90Sr
Bar stow, California         12/16
Bill Nelson Dairy
200° 141 miles

Bar stow, California         12/17
Bill Nelson Dairy
200° 141 miles

Barstow, California         12/18
Bill Nelson Dairy
200° 141 miles

Barstow, California         12/19
Bill Nelson Dairy
200° 141 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada      12/15
Dansby's Ranch
219° 22 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada      12/16
Dansby's Ranch
219° 22 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada      12/17
Dansby's Ranch
219° 22 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada      12/18
Dansby' s' Ranch
219° 22 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada      12/19
Dansby's Ranch
219° 22 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada      12/20
Dansby's Ranch
219° 22 miles
             ND      80      <5
             (ND1)   (ND)
             20       50
             (ND)     (ND)
ND
(ND)
ND
(ND)
ND
(ND)
ND
(ND)
             ND      ND
             (ND)   (900)


             90      400
             (ND)  (5000)


             60      200
           (2000)   (3000)


             70       30
             (ND)    (ND)
              30
             (ND)


              20
             (ND)
         ND
         (ND)


         ND
         (ND)
                  <5
                              <5
                  <5
                  <5
                  <5
<5
                           <1
                                        <1
          <1
                            <1
 NO CHEMISTRY
                                41

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                    APPENDIX D (continued)
Milk sampling results with associated milk cow feed results in
parenthesis, NRX-A6 EP IIIA.  (continued)	
Name and Location of
Dairy or Ranch
                            Date
                            Milked
 Radionuclide Concentrations
 31I     133I
Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/21
Dansby's Ranch
219° 22 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/24
Dansby's Ranch
219° 22 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/26
Dansby's Ranch
219° 22 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/16
Hord Ranch
222° 23 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/17
Hord Ranch
222° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/18
Hord Ranch
222° 23 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/19
Hord Ranch
222° 23 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/20
Hord Ranch
222° 23 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/21
Hord Ranch
222° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/23
Hord Ranch
222° 23 miles

Lathrop Wells, Nevada       12/25
Hord Ranch
222° 23 miles
                                42
 ND     ND
(ND)     (ND)
                                        ND
                                        (NS)


                                        ND
                                        (NS)
         ND
         (NS)


         ND
         (NS)
 ND     50
(ND2)  (2000)
 ND
(ND)
 60
(ND)
 80      50
(ND)     (ND)


 30      ND
(ND)     (ND)
 ND
(ND)


 10
(ND)


 ND
(ND)


 ND
(ND)
 ND
(ND)


 ND
(ND)


 ND
(ND)


 ND
(ND)
                                                         <5
          NO CHEMISTRY
          NO CHEMISTRY
                                                         <5
                                                         <5
                                                         <5
                                                         <5
                                                          NO CHEMISTRY
                                                          NO CHEMISTRY
                                                          NO CHEMISTRY
                                                         NO CHEMISTRY

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                    APPENDIX D (continued)
Milk sampling results with associated milk cow feed results in
parenthesis,  NRX-A6 EP IIIA. (continued)
Name and Location of
Dairy or Ranch
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
215° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
215° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
215° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
215° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
215° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
215° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
215° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Rooker Ranch
Date
Milked
12/16


12/17


12/18


12/19


12/20


12/21


12/24


12/26

Radionuclide Concentrations
131X 133l 89Sr 90Sr
ND
(1003)

40
(400)

90
(800)

70
(100)

60
(ND)

70
(ND)

ND
(ND)

ND
(ND)
50
(2000)

100
(700)

70
(600)

20
(30)

ND
(ND)

ND
(ND)

ND
(ND)

ND
(ND)
<5 2


<5 <1


<5 3


<5 3


<5 6


<5 2


NO CHEMI£


NO CHEMIS

215° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells,  Nevada       12/15
Tom Nickell Ranch
222° 23 miles

Lathrop Wells,  Nevada       12/17
Tom Nickell Ranch
222° 23 miles
 ND      ND     <5
(ND)   (400)


 40      80      <5
(ND)    (ND)
                                43

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                     APPENDIX D (continued)


Milk sampling results with associated milk cow feed results in
parenthesis, NRX-A6 EP IIIA.  (continued)
Name and Location of Date
Dairy or Ranch Milked
Lathrop Wells, Nevada 12/18
Tom Nickell Ranch
222° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada 12/19
Tom Nickell Ranch
222° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada 12/20
Tom Nickell Ranch
222° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada 12/21
Tom Nickell Ranch
222° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada 12/24
Tom Nickell Ranch
222° 23 miles
Lathrop Wells, Nevada 12/26
Tom Nickell Ranch
222° 23 miles
Olancha, California 12/16
Hayhurst Ranch
247° 103 miles
Olancha, California 12/17
Hayhurst Ranch
247° 103 miles
Olancha, California 12/18
Hayhurst Ranch
247° 103 miles
ND - Not detected
NS - No sample taken
1 - Only commercial feed was samr
Radionuclide Concentrations
131 T 133T 89 c,. 90c_
x JL _ or or
30
(ND)
ND
(ND)
ND
(ND)
ND
(ND)
ND
(ND)
ND
(ND)
ND
(NS)
ND
(ND)
20
(ND)

>led at this <
20 <5 <1
(ND)
ND <5 <1
(ND)
ND <5 <1
(ND)
ND <5 4
(ND)
ND NO CHEMISE
(ND)
ND NO CHEMIS1
(ND)
ND <5 2
(NS)
ND <5 2
(ND)
ND <5 3
(ND)

dairy. All other samples
       of cow feed reported in this table were dry hay.
  2  -  12/15 (131IND, 133I9600)  No milk was available.
  3  -  12/15 (131I ND, 133I 42,000)  No milk was available
Note: Milk in pCi/1,  Cow feed, in parenthesis, in pCi/kg
                               44

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                              APPENDIX E
Milk sampling stations where no fresh fission products were detected,
NRX-A6 EP-IHA
Location of Dairy or Ranch
                   Date Milked
Bakersfield,  California
Challenge Creamery
237° 181 miles
Bar stow,  California
Hill's Dairy
200° 141 miles
12/18  12/19   12/20  12/21  12/22   12/23  12/25
12/16  12/17   12/18   12/19  12/20   12/22  12/23
                       (1)
Brawley,  California            12/18  12/19   12/20  12/21  ---	-
Dateland Dairies
170° 272 miles

Chino, California              12/19  12/20   12/21  12/22  12/23   12/24
California Institute for Men                             (1)
201° 211 miles

Escondido, California        -  12/18  12/19   	  		--   	
Bernard Dairy                  (1)
192° 258 miles

Fresno,  California             12/23  12/24   	-		
Fresno College Creamery
269° 192 miles

Hanford,  California            12/23  12/24   	  -	
Superior Dairy
261° 189 miles

Independence, California    ,   12/16  12/17   12/18  		
Smith Ranch
268° 108 miles

Independence, California       12/16  12/17   12/18  -----  		
Picard Ranch
270° 107 miles
Las Vegas,  Nevada            12/20  	   	  	  	   	
LDS Dairy Farm
125° 78 miles
                                   45

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                         APPENDIX E (continued)


Milk sampling stations where no fresh fission products were detected,
NRX-A6 EP-IIIA (continued)	
Location of Dairy or Ranch
                  Date Milked
Lone Pine, California
Lone Pine Dairy
262° 105 miles

Newhall, California
Burbank Creamery
218°' 211 miles
Olancha, California
Roy Hunter Ranch
247° 103 miles

Riverside, California
Orange Crest Dairy
198° 203 miles
12/17  12/18
12/18  12/19   12/20  12/21   12/22  12/23   12/24
                                              (1)

12/16  12/17   12/18  		  		
12/18  12/19   12/20  12/21   12/22  12/24
San Luis Obispo, California     12/18   12/19  12/20   12/21   12/22  12/24
Foremost Dairies
248° 262 miles
                                      (1)
(1) Two samples collected on this date
                                    46

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                             DISTRIBUTION
 1 - 15  WERL, Las Vegas, Nevada
    16  Robert E. Miller, Manager, AEC/NVOO,  Las Vegas, Nevada
    17  Robert H. Thalgott, AEC/NVOO, Las Vegas, Nevada
    18  Henry G.  Vermillion, AEC/NVOO,  Las Vegas, Nevada
    19  Donald W. Hendricks, AEC/NVOO, Las Vegas, Nevada
    20  Robert R. Loux,  AEC/NVOO,  Las Vegas, Nevada
    21  Mail & Records, AEC/NVOO,  Las Vegas,  Nevada
    22  Technical Library, AEC/NVOO, Las Vegas,  Nevada
    23  Chief, NOB/DNA, AEC/NVOO, Las Vegas, Nevada
    24  Philip Allen, ARL/NOAA, AEC/NVOO, Las Vegas, Nevada
    25  Howard G. Booth, ARL/NOAA, AEC/NVOO,  Las Vegas, Nevada
    26  M. Klein, SNSO,  Washington,  D. C.
    27  Ralph  S. Decker, SNSO,  Washington,  D. C.
    28  T.  Jelinek,  SNSO-C,  Cleveland, Ohio
    29  John P. Jewett, SNSO-N, Jackass Flats, Nevada
30 - 33  Roland M. Nelson, SNSO-N, NRDS, Jackass  Flats, Nevada
    34  William C. King, LLL,  Mercury,  Nevada
    35  Roger E.  Batzel, LLL,  Livermore, California
    36  James E. Carothers, LLL,  Livermore, California
    37  Ernest A. .Bryant, LASL, Los Alamos, New  Mexico
    38  Harry S.  Jordan,  LASL, Los  Alamos,  New Mexico
    39  Charles I. Browne, LASL, Los Alamos, New Mexico
    40  William E. Ogle,  LASL, Los  Alamos,  New Mexico
    41  D.  Gray,  NRTO, NRDS,  Jackass Flats, Nevada
    42  J. Powell, NRTO, NRDS, Jackass Flats,  Nevada
    43  Eastern Environmental Radiation Laboratory, EPA, Montgomery, Ala.
    44  Elmer Hemmerle, WANL, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    45  G.  Gallimore,  Pan Am.  World Airways, Jackass Flats, Nevada
    46  Martin B. Biles, DOS, USAEC,  Washington,  D. C.

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     Distribution (continued)

     47   J.  Doyle,  EG&G, Las Vegas, Nevada

     48   Richard S. Davidson, Battelle Memorial Institute,  Columbus, Ohio

     49   Byron F.  Murphey, Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque,  N. Mexico

     50   Maj. Gen.  Edward B. Giller, DMA, USAEC,  Washington, D.  C.

     51   Stanley M. Greenfield, Assistant Administrator for Research &
         Monitoring, EPA, Washington, D.  C.

     52   Joseph A.  Lieberman, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Radiation
         Programs, EPA, Rockville,  Maryland

     53   Ernest D.  Harward, Act. Dir. ,  Div. of Technology Assessment,
         Office of Radiation Programs, EPA, Rockville, Maryland

54 - 55   Charles L. Weaver, Act. Dir. ,  Div. of Surveillance & Inspection,
         Office of Radiation Programs, EPA, Rockville, Maryland

     56   Arden E.  Bicker, REECo. , Mercury,  Nevada

     57   John M. Ward, President, Desert Research Institute, University
         of Nevada, Reno

58 - 59   DTIE, USAEC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, (for public availability)

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