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ANIMAL INVESTIGATION PROGRAM 1980 ANNUAL REPORT: NEVADA TEST SITE AND VICINITY
Citation:
Smith, D., D. Bernhardt, AND K. Giles. ANIMAL INVESTIGATION PROGRAM 1980 ANNUAL REPORT: NEVADA TEST SITE AND VICINITY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/3-82/077 (NTIS PB82247628), 1982.
Description:
This report summarizes the data collected through the Animal Investigation Program during 1980. A major goal of the Program is to assess the radionuclide burden in the tissues of wild and domesticaded animals around the Nevada Test Site and to detect pathological effects resulting from the burdens. Other than naturally occurring potassium-40, gamma emitting radionuclides were detected infrequently. Strontium-90 and plutonium concentrations in tissues from deer, cattle, and desert bighorn sheep were similar to those found in samples collected during recent years. Lesions found in necropsied animals were similar to those found in animals from other areas of the U.S. and would not be attributable to ionizing radiation exposure. The report also describes other activities of the program, including the deer migration study and census.