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Aerial radiological survey of the Durango, Colorado uranium mill tailings site and surrounding area. Date of survey: August 1980
An aerial radiological survey of Durango, Colorado, including the inactive uranium mill tailings piles located southwest of the town, was conducted during August 25--29, 1980, for the Department of Energy's Environmental and Safety Engineering Division. Areas of radiation exposure rates higher than the local background, which was about 15 microrentgens per hour ((mu)R/h), were observed directly over and to the south of the mill tailings piles, over a cemetery, and at two spots near the fairgrounds. The rapidly changing radiation exposure rates at the boundaries of the piles preclude accurate extrapolation of aerial radiological data to ground level exposure rates in their immediate vicinity. Estimated radiation exposure rates close to the piles, however, approached 30 times background, or about 450 (mu)R/h. Radiation exposure rates in a long area extending south from the tailings piles were about 25 (mu)R/h.
Aerial radiological survey of the Durango, Colorado uranium mill tailings site and surrounding area. Date of survey: August 1980
An aerial radiological survey of Durango, Colorado, including the inactive uranium mill tailings piles located southwest of the town, was conducted during August 25--29, 1980, for the Department of Energy's Environmental and Safety Engineering Division. Areas of radiation exposure rates higher than the local background, which was about 15 microrentgens per hour ((mu)R/h), were observed directly over and to the south of the mill tailings piles, over a cemetery, and at two spots near the fairgrounds. The rapidly changing radiation exposure rates at the boundaries of the piles preclude accurate extrapolation of aerial radiological data to ground level exposure rates in their immediate vicinity. Estimated radiation exposure rates close to the piles, however, approached 30 times background, or about 450 (mu)R/h. Radiation exposure rates in a long area extending south from the tailings piles were about 25 (mu)R/h.
Aerial radiological survey of the Durango, Colorado uranium mill tailings site and surrounding area. Date of survey: August 1980
L. K. Hilton (author)
1981
8 pages
Report
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English