SWRHLQ7r
     FINAL, REPORT OF OFF-SITE SURVEILLANCE
                        FOR  THE
                 KIWI B4D  EXPERIMENT
                          by the
           Off-Site Radiological Safety Program
                       July 23, 1964
SOUTHWESTERN RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH LABORATORY
                   Public Health Service

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                                            SWRHL-7r
FINAL REPORT OF OFF-SITE SURVEILLANCE
                   FOR THE
            KIWI B4D EXPERIMENT
                     by the
      Off-Site Radiological Safety Program
  Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory
               Las Vegas, Nevada

                      for
           Operational Safety Division
            Nevada Operations Office
           Atomic Energy Commission
      J. S.  Coogan,  Chief, AEC/Special Projects
      SWRHL, Las Vegas, Nevada
      Copy No.  7
                  July 23, 1964
  Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
              Public Health Service

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                             ABSTRACT
The  Public Health Service  provided off-site surveillance in support of
the KIWI B4D reactor tests conducted on May 8 and May 13,  1964.   This
support  consisted of tracking the effluent, monitoring  radiation dosage
to the off-site population,  and collecting environmental  samples  (air,
milk, and water).  The data collected indicate that no hazard to the off-
site  population was created as a result  of the KIWI tests.

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                           KIWI B4D TEST
           OFF-SITE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY PROGRAM
      SOUTHWESTERN RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH LABORATORY
                               STAFF
                          Oliver R.  Placak
                          Officer in Charge
                           Morgan S. Seal
                      Deputy Officer in Charge
                          John R. McBride
                     Assistant Officer in Charge
  John S.  Coogan, Chief                        Daniel L. Wait, Chief
AEC-PHS Special Projects                      Off-Site Surveillance
                               Writer
                          Donald  T.  Oakley
                       Reactor Project Officer
                                Editor

                      Geneva S. Douglas, Chief
                        Technical Reports Unit
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                      TABLE OF CONTENTS







ABSTRACT                                                     i



STAFF                                                         ii



TABLE OF CONTENTS                                         iii



LIST OF TABLES                                              iv



LIST OF FIGURES                                              iv



I.   INTRODUCTION                                             1



II.  OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES                               3



    A.   EXTERNAL MEASUREMENTS                           3



    B.   ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS                     4



III. RESULTS                                                  10



    A.   GROUND MONITOR DATA                              10



    B.   DOSE RATE RECORDER DATA                         11



    C.   FILM BADGE DATA                                    11



    D.   AIR  SAMPLE  DATA                                    11



    E.   MILK SAMPLE DATA                                  11



    F.   WATER  SAMPLE DATA                                12



IV. CONCLUSIONS                                             17



DISTRIBUTION LIST
                                111

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                          LIST OF TABLES
                                                                page

Table 1.  U.S. Weather Bureau observations at the NRDS on
          May 13,  1964.                                           9

Table 2.  Peak dose rates off the test range complex on
          May 13,  1964.                                          10

Table 3.  Dose rate recorder data on May 13,  1964.               11

Table 4.  Air Sampling data.                                      13

Table 5.  Milk sample analysis.                                  14
                         LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1.  Location of dose rate measurements made following
           the KIWI B4D test - May 13,  1964.

Figure 2.  Environmental sampling locations for surveillance
           of the KIWI B4D test - May 13, 1964.
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                         I.  INTRODUCTION
On  May 8, and May 13, 1964 the KIWI B4D reactor was tested at Test



Cell C, located  at the Nuclear Rocket Development  Station, Jackass



Flats, Nevada.  The  May 8 experiment -was an intermediate power run



(design power  x  0.001) and was a scaled  down profile of the full power



test conducted on May 13.  The tests  were part of a series  presently



being conducted by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory to achieve a



•workable  design  for space vehicle use. During the full power test, the



reactor was brought to design power at 1045 hours and remained at that



level for sixty-four seconds.  The reactor was tested in an upright po-



sition so that the hydrogen coolant exhausted upward along -with escaping



fission  products.




Under a Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Atomic Energy



Commission (AEC) and the U.S.  Public Health Service (PHS ), the Off-



Site Radiological  Safety Organization was established in 1954 to conduct



radiological surveillance of the  area within a 300-mile radius surround-



ing the  Commission's Nevada Test  Site.  A Commissioned Officer of



the Public Health Service was designated by the AEC as Off-Site Radio-



logical  Safety Officer, and -was  responsible to the Test Manager for di-



recting the surveillance activities.




Since that time,  the PHS  has  established in  L a s  Vegas,  Nevada its



Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory  (SWRHL).  The off-site



surveillance of activities  at the Nevada Test Site and of other nuclear



events  conducted by the Nevada Test Site  Organization has become one

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of the Laboratory's regular operational programs.  The  Officer in



Charge of the Laboratory serves as Off-Site Radiological Safety Officer



to the Operational Safety Division, Nevada Operations Office.





The off-site  area in which the Off-Site Radiological  Safety Program of



SWRHL conducts  its program of radiological monitoring and  environ-



mental sampling was re-defined after the end of the test moratorium in



1961 to consist of the area surrounding the Nevada Testing and Bombing



and Gunnery Range Complex.  This Complex includes the Nevada Test



Site(NTS), theNuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS), the  Tonopah



Test Range, and the Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range, and for sim-



plicity, -will be called the test range complex throughout this report,




A memorandum from B.P. Helgeson,  Chief, Space Nuclear  Propulsion



Office-Nevada,  to N. H. Woodruff, Director  Division of Operational



Safety, AEC, April 24,  1963 deals with "NRDS Safety Responsibilities".



This points out that off-NRDS  areas  remain the  responsibility of the



Manager. NVOO, AEC, and through the Operational Safety Division,



NVOO,  remain the responsibility of the Public Health Service.




Although Public Health Service monitors must begin tracking and mon-



itoring an effluent cloud close to its point of origin,  the measurements



made within the test range complex are  used only as a guide to trajec-



tory determination, or for  purposes  of checking instrumentation and



methodology.  Since they do  not serve  as  parameters in determining



dose to people or  contamination of property in the off-site area,  they



are not a subject of this report.

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                  II.  OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES
A.  EXTERNAL MEASUREMENTS






By Ground Monitors



Fourteen ground monitors  tracked the  reactor effluent passage with



portable instruments.  Each  monitor was  equipped with the following



monitoring  instruments:  an Eberline E-500B, a Precision Model  111



Standard "Scintillator", a BeckmanMX-5, anda Tracerlab AN/PDR TIB.





The Eberline  E-500B has a range  of 0-200 milliroentgens per hour



(mr/hr) gamma and beta-gamma detection in four scales with an exter-



nal halogen filled G M tube and a 0-2000 mr/hr range from an internal



Anton 302 tube.  The Precision Model 111 "Scintillator" is used prima-



rily for low level detection and provides for a range of 0-5 mr/hr in  six



scales.   The Beckman  MX-5  instrument has a range of 0-20 mr/hr  in



three scales.   It is equipped with an external geiger  tube with a  slide-



open  beta shield.   The Tracerlab  AN/PDR TIB has a range of



0-50,000 mr/hr infive scales.  This instrument employs an air ioniza-



tion  chamber  detector. These instruments  are accurate to ±20%,, and



readings can be taken to only  two  significant figures.






By Remote Dose Rate Recorders



Eberline RM-11 dose rate recorders are placed at sixteen stations a-



round the Nevada Test  Site.  These recorders utilize a geiger tube de-



tector to document radiation  levels at specific  locations.  The instru-



ment  operates  on 110V AC and  has a 0.01-100  mr/hr range.  Gamma

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dose rate is recorded on a 30-hour strip chart.  The instrument is ac-



curate to +.20%.  The locations of dose rate recorders and areas moni-



tored are presented in Figure 1.






By Cloud Tracking Airplane



An Air Force U3-A aircraft,  manned by two Public Health Service mon-



itors equipped with portable instruments identical to those of the ground



monitors, tracked the reactor effluent and served to  position ground



monitors.






By Film Badges



The PHS maintains 65  film badge stations off the test range complex and



assigns badges to 166 off-site residents.  The badge used is made up of



Dupont Type 555 film. Dose, as determined from this film, is accurate



to 150% in the  20-100  mr range and ±.10% in the  100-2000 mr range.







B.  ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS






Air Samples



On the test day the PHS maintained  General Metal  Works high volume



air samplers  containing  glass fiber prefilters and  MSA* charcoal fil



ters at off-site locations as shown in Figure 2.   These  include 33  rou-



tinely operated stations  and several additional stations that were estab-



lished  in the  path  of the  effluent on the test  day.  Analyses of the  glass



fiber  prefilters and the  charcoal filters  gave the results indicated in



Table 4.  All air sample prefilters collected following the KIWI reactor



runs were returned to Las Vegas to be counted for  gross beta activity



with a  thin window, large area gas flow proportional probe connected to
*Mine Safety Appliance Company

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a high speed sealer.  The system is designed to count the 8"x  10" glass



fiber filter and has  an efficiency of approximately 30%  for  1.5 mev



betas.  The system background is 575 i_20 counts per minute.





All samples  were  counted for gross  beta  activity as soon as possible



after collection, and  activity levels were computed at the time of count



for the purpose of  screening samples and delineating the effluent tra-



jectory.  These samples -were then stored for five days to allow natural



activity to decay.   They •were recounted at this time and  again  seven



days later. Activity  levels  were  then recomputed to end of collection



from these two later  counts.  Several air samples showing levels of ac-



tivity significantly above natural  background -were  recounted frequently



to obtain a decay curve. The curve obtained was then analyzed for best



fit to the general equation y=a.x".  Based  on  an analysis of four such de-



cay curves a T" '    relationship was found to exist with a mean error



of +5%.  This relationship was then used to  correct all filters with high



activity to end of collection.





All charcoal cartridges were gamma  scanned by placing each cartridge



directly  on a 4" x 4" sodium iodide  crystal coupled to a  400-channel



pulse height analyzer set to view energies from 0 to 2 mev. Assuming



no break in the prefilter, the activity on  the cartridge should represent



the gaseous fission products only ( I1 31 , I1 3 2 ,  I1 3 3 ,  I1 3 5 ,  plus some



Xe1 33 and Xe1 35 ). Detection efficiency  for this geometry is about  18%



at 0.53 mev (I133).  The  minimum detectable activity for  each iodine



isotope is taken to  be about 200 picocuries  total on the cartridge.   Er-



ror estimates are such that values less than  1 picocurie per  cubic meter



of air collected (pc/M3) are generally not reported.  Since it is not pos-



sible to define duration of effluent passage at all locations, the reported

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values given as pc/M3 assume an average concentration over each en-



tire sampling period.






Milk and Water Samples



After each release of activity from NRDS, milk samples are collected



from dairies  ( processing plants),  producing dairy farms,  and farms



producing milk for home consumption only (see Figure 2).  Each sam-



ple is counted for 50 minutes.  Due to the normally large sample load,



no attempt is made to recount samples giving low positive values.   For



this reason the lower  limit of detection for milk samples is taken to be



20 picocuries per liter (pc/1)  at the time of count, and all results below



that value are reported as<20pc/l.  The  results are reported in Table 5.



The error associated with reported values  is ±.20 pc/1 or 10%, whichever



is greater-  All reported values are corrected to collection  time.





All liquid samples are counted in 3. 5 liter inverted well aluminum beak-



ers which are placed on top of a 4"x 4" crystal coupled to a 400-channel



pulse height analyzer.   The detection efficiency for theO. 364 mev photo-



peak of I131 is 5. 3%.  A matrix technique  is employed in computation



to compensate for the interference due to the presence of other isotopes.



The input to this matrix is variable,  allowing for the simultaneous de-



termination of any  eight nuclides for which detection  efficiencies and



interference  factors have been obtained.  Actual computation is  per-



formed by an IBM 1620 computer.

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Table 1.  U.S. Weather Bureau observations at the NRDS onMay!3, 1964.

   SKY CONDITION:   107. scattered cloud cover  VISIBILITY:  unrestricted
   UPPER AIR DATA AT  JACKASS FLATS, NEVADA  1000  PDT, 5-13-64:
HGT
(Ft.msl)
SFC 3610
3820
3970
4000
4892
5000
6000
6726
7000
8000
9000
10000
10220
11000
12000
12172
13000
14000
15000
16000
17000
18000
18960
19000
20000
WIND
(deg./kts)
195/14
195/17
195/20
195/23
190/20
185/17
187/21
186/22
184/23
180/25
191/26
204/24
205/21
205/18
207/12
204/12
201/12
194/13
195/15
196/17
199/17
213/18
221/20
229/22
245/27
PRESSURE
(mb)
889
882
876
875
850
846
816
795
787
759
733
706
700
680
654
650
632
607
584
562
541
520
500
	
	
TEMP.
(°C)
25.3
23.8
22.9
22.5
19.8
19.3
15.8
13.5
12.9
10.7
8.7
6.4
6.0
5. 3
4.3
4. 1
2. 1
- 0.7
- 3.5
- 6.4
- 8.9
-11.8
-14.5
	
	
DEWPOINT RE
(°C)
- 1.4
- 2.7
- 3.5
- 3. 1
- 5. 1
- 4. 2
- 5.9
- 6.7
- 7.8
-10. 2
-13.1
-15.6
-16.6
MB
MB
MB
MB
MB
MB
MB
MB
MB
MB
	
	
;LATIVE f
a)
17
17
17
18
19
20
22
24
23
22
20
19
18
(13)
(13)
(13)
(14)
(14)
(14)
(15)
(15)
(16)
(16)
	

 ()   Numbers in parentheses are the result of calculations based on as-
      sumed atmospheric conditions.
 MB Motor  Boating-dewpoint was below the limitations of the instrumen
      tation.
  	Dashes indicate that data were not taken.
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                           III.  RESULTS
The intermediate  power run (design power x 0.001) yielded no detect-



able activity off site. The full power run yielded activity in the off-site



area.   A summary of data collected off the test range complex is pre-



sented below.  Weather  conditions on the day of the  test are presented



in Table 1.  Only slight changes in the conditions presented in this table



were noted during the day.







A.  GROUND MONITOR  DATA




Peak  gamma dose rates occurring off the test range complex are given



in Table 2. The only populated location at -which dose rates above back-



ground were detected was Diablo,  where the  peak  net  dose rate  was



0.43mr/hr.  The locations in Table 2 were remonitored on May 14;



however,  no activity above background -was detected.





Table  2.   Peak dose rates off the test range complex on  May 13, 1964.
LOCATION
Azimuth & Distance
from CP-1
Diablo
359°, 75 mi.
Queen City Summit
5°, 52 mi.
( Unpopulated)
On Nyala Road 8 miles
S. W. of Nyala
7°, 89 mi.
(Unpopulated)
Time of Peak
Dose Rate
(PDT)
1410
1400
1505
Time Interval
Monitored
(PDT)
1358 - 1615
1350 - 1510
1450 - 1545
Net Peak
Dose Rate
(mr/hr)
0.43
0.07
0. 13
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B.  DOSE RATE RECORDER DATA




The recorders at Diablo and Lund indicated  radioactivity that could be



associated with the effluent passage. The data are presented in Table 3.





Table 3.  Dose rate recorder data on May 13, 1964.
LOCATION
Azimuth &
Distance
from CP-1

Diablo
359°, 75 mi.
Lund
230, 142 mi.
Time of
Peak
Dose
Rate
(PDT)

1410

1711
Net
Peak
Dose
Rate
(mr/hr)

0. 36

0.028
Time Interval
In Which Dose
Rate Above Bkg.
Was Observed
(PDT)

1352 - 1504

1702 - 1744
Estimated Ex-
ternal Dose
During Cloud
Passage
(mr)

<0. 25

<0.02
C.  FILM BADGE DATA





Stationary and personnel film badges that were exposed off the test range



complex during May indicated no exposure that could be associated -with



the KIWI test. All films collected north of the test range complex indi-



cated no result above the threshold exposure (20 mr).






D.  AIR  SAMPLE DATA





Three of the samples taken  off site  contained fresh  fission products.



Analyses of the prefilters and charcoal filters are presented in Table 4.






E.  MILK SAMPLE DATA





Milk samples collected from several ranches indicated the presence of



radioiodine.  As  seen from Table 5 the iodine was  found in an  area north



by northeast from the Nevada Test Site, and was  detected as far as 220



miles  from CP-1 (the NTS Control Point).  No iodine was detected  in



the several  samples obtained from Utah.
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The TORY II-C intermediate  power  run took place on May 12, 1964,



and the full  power  test was conducted on May 20,  1964.   Air  samples



taken off-site following these events indicated no I131 , and it is  believed



that all iodine found in milk  as reported in Table  5 is due to the KIWI



B4D test.  This is further substantiated  by the relatively small release



of fission products  during the TORY tests  that resulted  in negligible



dose rates (<0. 05 mr/hr) off the test  range complex.






F.  WATER SAMPLE DATA





No evidence of fresh fission products was seen in twelve water  samples



taken from areas lying in the effluent's trajectory.
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                                             Table 4.  Air sampling data.
1. STATION LOCATION
STATION
NAME
Currant
Diablo
Queen City
Summit *
AZIMUTH
(°)
13
359
5
DISTANCE
(miles)
125
75
52
II. COLLECTION DATA
Ul
*i~
<^
960
462
92.5
SAMPLING PERIOD
BEGIN
Month
5
5
5
Day
13
13
13
Time
07:00
07:15
11:20
END
Month
5
5
5
Day
14
13
13
Time
07:00
16:37
15:22
COLLECTOR |
P
C
P
C
P
C
III. RADIOASSAY DATA
GROSS (•>,
COUNT
CORR.
TO:
ES

ES

ES

AC-
TIVITY
(pe/M3)
20

1500

400

GAMMA PULSE HEIGHT ANALYSIS
CORR.
TO:
ES
ES
ES
ACTIVITY (pc/M3)
Jl 31 jl 33 jl 35
<1 3. 5 ND
ND 12 ND
<1 5.8 ND
UJ
I
                      ^Unpopulated

                      P - glass fiber prefilter

                      C - charcoal filter
ES  - end of sampling period

ND - not detected

	  not analyzed

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Table 5.  Milk sample analysis.
COLLECTION DATA
LOCATION
(Azimuth & Distance from CP-1)
Alamo, Nevada
59°, 57 mi.


Hiko, Nevada
45 , 64 mi.


Minnie Sharpe Ranch
Nyala, Nevada
11°, 93 mi.




Casey's Ranch, Nevada
14°, 93 mi.




Blue Eagle Ranch, Nevada
13°, 110 mi.






Manzonie Ranch, Nevada
15°, 131 mi.




DATE
COLLECTED
5/14/64
5/16/64
5/20/64
5/23/64
5/14/64
5/16/64
5/20/64
5/23/64
5/16/64
5/17/64
5/18/64
5/18/64
5/21/64
5/21/64
6/02/64
5/17/64
5/18/64
5/20/64
5/22/64
5/27/64
6/04/64
5/14/64
5/14/64
5/16/64
5/17/64
5/18/64
5/20/64
5/21/64
6/02/64
5/14/64
5/17/64
5/18/64
5/19/64
5/21/64
5/22/64
RADIOASSAY DATA

J131
<20
<20
30
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
50
60
<20
50
<20
30
<20
140
100
70
<20
<20
<20
100
110
120
120
<20
40
40
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
ACTIVITY (pc/1)
1133
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
70
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
50
70
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20

Cs137
120
130
110
140
130
120
120
110
180
220
160
220
210
180
140
350
330
300
190
160
120
640
490
380
370
260
260
340
160
500
360
500
440
500
360
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Table 5.  Milk sample analysis. (Cont. )
COLLECTION DATA
LOCATION
(Azimuth & Distance from CP-1)
Bradshaw Ranch, Nevada
9°, 132 mi.



Halstead Ranch, Nevada
8°, 135 mi.




McKenzie Ranch, Nevada
23°, 142 mi.



Gender's Ranch, Utah
40°, 173 mi.
Dickinson Ranch, Nevada
22°, 173 mi.
Yelland Ranch, Nevada
27°, 185 mi.
Pescio Ranch, Nevada
23°, 188 mi.
Eldridge Ranch, Nevada
25 , 196 mi.
Cold Creek Ranch, Nevada
5 , 204 mi.
DATE
COLLECTED
5/17/64
5/18/64
5/19/64
5/21/64
5/22/64
5/17/64
5/18/64
5/19/64
5/21/64
5/22/64
6/04/64
5/17/64
5/17/64
5/18/64
5/21/64
5/22/64
5/19/64
5/19/64
5/22/64
5/19/64
5/18/64
5/19/64
5/19/64
RAD
ACT
I131
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
90
110
100
<20
30
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
30
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
IOASSAY DATA
IVITY (pc/1)
I133
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
60
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20


Cs137
110
80
120
100
95
140
160
140
110
140
85
250
300
320
240
290
130
170
280
300
150
440
200
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Table 5.  Milk sample analysis . (Cont. )
COLLECTION DATA
LOCATION
(Azimuth & Distance from CP-1)
Henroid Ranch, Nevada
20°, 218 mi.



Tex Gates Ranch, Nevada
18°, 220 mi.



Kitt Lear Ranch, Nevada
16°, 242 mi.


Menlove Ranch, Utah
49°, 312 mi.
Bigler Ranch, Utah
43°, 330 mi.
Hardy Ranch, Utah
45°, 330 mi.
Brouhuis Ranch, Utah
38°, 360 mi.
DATE
COLLECTED
5/15/64
5/17/64
5/19/64
5/20/64
5/21/64
5/17/64
5/18/64
5/19/64
5/21/64
5/22/64
5/16/64
5/18/64
5/19/64
5/22/64
5/18/64
5/18/64
5/18/64
5/18/64
RAD
ACT
I131
40
40
<20
<20
<20
40
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
IDAS SAY
IVITY
I133
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
<20
DATA
(pc/1)
Cs137
160
170
160
180
110
220
180
170
140
180
240
200
280
300
180
140
240
120
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                         IV.  CONCLUSIONS



The KIWI B4D full power test yielded detectable, though not significantly

large levels of radioactivity to the off-site area.  The effluent covered

an area roughly consisting of the Railroad Valley north of the test range
complex between Queen City Summit and Duckwater-  Resulting contam-

ination was detected as  far as 220 miles fromCP-1 in theform of iodine

in milk.

The peak I1 31  concentration of  140 pc/1 following the test occurred at

Casey's  Ranch.  Sampling of milk did not begin at Casey's Ranch until

May 17,  however,  because  Caseys had only one  cow and it was being

used to  suckle  mavericks until that date.  Samples were taken at Nyala

and Blue Eagle,  in the vicinity of Casey's  Ranch, on earlier days.  The

peak  concentration at Casey's Ranch  can be compared to the Federal

Radiation Council Guides*.  A daily intake of 100 pc, averaged  over a

year- is considered an acceptable intake level.  Such an intake •will yield

a 0. 5 rad/year dose to an infant's thyroid.   A  daily intake above that

considered acceptable  over  a one year period could not have existed at
Casey's Ranch for more than five days.

The iodine detected in  samples collected off-site between May  13 and

June 4 is believed to have originated from the KIWI B4D test and not

from tests of the TORY II-C reactor  made during  the  same period.
^Background material for the development of radiation protection stand
ards, Report No.  2,  Federal Radiation Council, September 1961.
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