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Overview of Fallout Information from Nevada Atmospheric Tests (Att: Typed Note re Hard Copy of Slides Used During the Briefings at the Nevada Operations Ofc DTD 5 February 1982)

Dated
Feb 5, 1982
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Summary
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132 pages
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IN WHICH THE NEVADA OFEilATICNS OFFICE IS I!IVOLVED ‘~tat number of off-site radiation tort claims filed 1,130 Tcta’1 nwrber of Off-site lawsuits: 4 (885 plaintiffs) Total amount of damages On-Site Claims and Suits fetal number Of On-site radiation tort claims filed 367 ‘ntal number of on-site lawsuits: 6 (312 plaintiffs) Total amount of damages sought $455,270,000* :magcs sought are in excess of these amounts.

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1, CONVEIW ORIGINAL OFFbTE HONITORS 20 OBTAIN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 30 OBTAIN ANSWERSTO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS HISTORICAL PRACTICES CLARIFIED SPECIFIC PRACTICES CLARIFIED VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT RECORDED

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factors necessary to detemine a cmplete and objective dose assewmt uhich viH characterize the off site envlrcms by?mjio~, Commity or locale, age and accqmtfm. necessary for dose deterdnatim. off site public and how these various living patterns may influence time assessmxt.. . radwrsr farmers, construction wurkersg etc. , fmfly cw, garden; etc.).

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stuffs in and out of fallout areas. Assure that state-of-the-art parameters, methods, techniques and best available information Is used. Where possible employ new and innovative techniques to obtain and develop the essential patlway data required to best predict the off site individuals dose Canzitcent to the and to off site population

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ADVISETHE SEL.RHAKYOF ENERGYAND THE NAMER OF NV IN THE THE AIIVIS(MWGROW WILL BE PROCE% HEW WIDETHE IIEVELOWIENTOF EACH TASK, SUBTASK OFTHE ADVISORYGROW IS TO CALLPER1ODICPROGRESS OF THE TASKGROUPELEMENTS. THESE BY THE PROJECTMANAGEMENTTO THE TASK GROUPSOR ELEMENTS.

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DEPARTPEt{T OF RADIOLOGY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW FEXICO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY & APPLIED HEALTH PH’fS!CS, OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY CANCER BRANCH, CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER NATIONAL ACADE/iY OF SCIENCES STAFF P’EF’BER, NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM LOS ALANOS NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAIIORATGRY ARIZONA DEPARTMENT (,F HEALTH SERVICES STATE OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES l WAS}{OE PFDICAL CENTER, RENO, NEVADA MRo NICHAEL Do ZIMMERMAN, PARTNER SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

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MAJOR SOURCES OF DOCUMENTS FOR ‘THE CIC TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTRmUTORS 60 TOTAL NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS COLLECTED 34,000 ‘DOES NOT INCLUDE 26 BOXES RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1981.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HEAIIQUARTERS, HISTORIANS OFFICE 25 BOXES EPJV~RONMENTAL PROTECTICIN AGENCYA LAS VEGAS, TECHNICAL 5 BOXES KERMIT LARSON 2 BOXES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER 154 DOCUMENTS WEATHER SERVICE IJUCLEAR SUPPORT !IFFICEJ LAS VEGAS 162 MICROFICHE DEFENSE TECHPJICAL INFORMATION CENTER 45 DOC!IMENTS REYNOLDS ELECTRICAL 8 ENGINEERING TECHrJICAL LIBRARY 11 DOCIJMENT NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES 7 MICROFICHE Los ALAMOS IJATIONAL LABORATORY 7 DOCIJMENTS LAWPENCE LIVERMORE !lATIOrJAL LABORATORY 3 DOCUMENTS LITAH STATE ARCHIVES 100 REELS

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Reaihm - E-510? prube in umtact with soil at base of Reading wifi E-510 probe higher on slope than in contact with soil, 100 yards - for runcrff.Eeca shield openr at contact of soi 1 and rock.

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FRACTION OF REFRACTORIES PRESENT = 0.800 BOMB FRACTION PER SO. METER l 1,796E-13 DEBRIS DECAY FROM 1 TO 50 YEARS

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CONCENTRATION OF CS-137 IN RANGE CATTLE - KNOLL CREEK , NEVADA l OBSERVED - BLINCOE k BOHMANI

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Sr-$lo Concentrations in rnilkt near Salt Lake City, Utah, - PREDICTED BY PATHWAY

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Attorney office Number of Recelvlnq Perqanal Injury (PI) Wrongful Death (WD) Claims Claiw Clilfllls WI Clalms) Clalms Ji_nmillions.-—..... Cause of Death Locations of Alleged s Age ilata llhe Udall totals novt encompass all kt~ownclalms submitted ky Uc!allto OGC to date, Includingthe ?02 inttialclaims celved copies of but which are not listed as recefved by OGC In thelv 4/?5/79 summary, l*Claims submttted to NV by Dale tiaralsonwhich to date have not been amended and/or refiled with OGC/llQby Udall, NOTE: These figures include claimants who have filed suit in Allrg (1169Llaimant$),Timothy(7),&ygr (8), of above claimants), Several of these pla~ff=ve not filed tort clatrns, ()~(yt{

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where a = time of arrival, hrs R(1) = exposure rate at 1 hour

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— Gamma dose rates three feet above ground on island of Rongelap. dose rates, decay rates of fission products, energy of the gammas, and the number of gamma photons x_.. 4 Time after detonation (days)

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HARDTACK 11, SUMMED FOR IWE TEN EVENT(3 OF HIGHE$T POPULATION EXPOSURE Event Series Person-R Permnt smoky Plumb bob Di able Plumb bob Shasta Plumb bob

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HARDTACK 11, SUMMED FOR THE TEN LOCATIONS OF HIGHEST POPULATION EXFy)$NJRE Cedar City, UT North Las Vegas,

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1. Deposition of radioactivity on the ground l 2. Deposition of radioactivity on skin 3. Immersion during cloud passage 4 4. Inhalation of radioactivity 5. Ingestion of radioactivity Vegetables, meat, milk, water

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SIXTY EIGHT LOCATIONS IF+! THE THREE COUNTY STATE ESTIMATED 1955 POPULATI~o 1 eThe percent of total is I is ted in parentheses

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COLLECTIVE DOSES SUMMED OVEF? EVENTS AND LOCATIONS SUMMARIZES VARIATION BY AGE GROUP I!!!ll

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THE PRESENT METHOD IS LIMITED W!!!! Applicable only where external exposure rates were measured These locations undoubtedly were the areas where the highest individual doses occurred There may be significant population doses in other areas, e.g. ‘ Salt Lake City \

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EXTENSION OF CALCULATIONS I!!!!l in soils at the present time, @ EML has separated the CS-137 contributions from global and NITS fallout, based upon these kinds of measurements and has reported values for much of Utah. 0 Knowing the present Iovels in soil of ~5=ElW derived from explosions at NITS, we ~~n then. cdculato the original deposition of all radionuclidm and the doses. ~ “We need additional measurements in Nevada, northern Arizona, and Utah. Lf?A-36

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Figure 6. Best estimates of total 1 3’CS inventories in Utah Soils as of June

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eep ranch in Lincoln County, NV Ranch on Cedar i-buntain & 1 Cedar City, Utah Farm in Cedar City,

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May 4-5, 1953 Farm in Cedar City May 9, 1953 Farm in Cediir City (Ott-:!ov, 1953) Ranch on Cedar Kountain

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