Ocean dumping of radioactive waste off the Pacific coast: hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, October 7, 1980 |
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... estimate is about the current health implications of the past dumping of radioactive wastes into the Pacific . In so doing , we want to clearly establish what additional monitoring or other steps we need to take at the Federal level to ...
... estimate is about the current health implications of the past dumping of radioactive wastes into the Pacific . In so doing , we want to clearly establish what additional monitoring or other steps we need to take at the Federal level to ...
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... estimated radioactivity , and the coordinates of the dumping loca- tions . Unfortunately , these records do not indicate the specific isotopic contents of the waste materials . Records of military operations and government contractors ...
... estimated radioactivity , and the coordinates of the dumping loca- tions . Unfortunately , these records do not indicate the specific isotopic contents of the waste materials . Records of military operations and government contractors ...
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... estimates of radionuclide levels in various locations , and to calculate , from the most closely related data , what the expected levels of back- ground radiation should be at particular locations today . In the case of biological ...
... estimates of radionuclide levels in various locations , and to calculate , from the most closely related data , what the expected levels of back- ground radiation should be at particular locations today . In the case of biological ...
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... estimated dose that is approximately 1,000 times lower than the dose from radionuclides occurring normally within the human body , based on an annual consumption of 45 pounds of fish per year . If someone ate several times the U.S. ...
... estimated dose that is approximately 1,000 times lower than the dose from radionuclides occurring normally within the human body , based on an annual consumption of 45 pounds of fish per year . If someone ate several times the U.S. ...
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... estimated annual human dose would be approxi- mately 0.01 mrem / year compared with a naturally occurring annual dose of 60 mrem / year to bone surfaces , and 25 mrem / year to bone marrow , which occurs naturally as a result of ...
... estimated annual human dose would be approxi- mately 0.01 mrem / year compared with a naturally occurring annual dose of 60 mrem / year to bone surfaces , and 25 mrem / year to bone marrow , which occurs naturally as a result of ...
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AEC Licensee American Nuclear Society americium Atlantic background barrels benthic biological BURTON byproduct material California coast coastal Cohen and Smith Committee conclusions containers were disposed curies of byproduct Davis depth disposal of radioactive disposal sites disposals took place DR-II drums dump sites dumping of radioactive Dyer earthquake estimated fallout Farallon Islands fathoms Federal following coordinates food chain HAWKINS hazard high-level isotopes Kopp Laboratory levels licensed Livermore locations MCCLOSKEY meter miles MOFFETT monitoring mussels Navy Nuclear Regulatory Commission nuclear waste number of containers ocean disposal ocean dumping organization performing Pacific packaging PANETTA performing the disposals plutonium problem Quentin Kopp radiation radioactive contamination radioactive materials radioactive waste radioactive waste disposal Radioactive Waste Dumping radiological activity radionuclides reactor record regulatory release samples San Francisco Santa Cruz sea disposal sediment specific statement strontium-90 studies subcommittee Supervisor surveys testimony Toby Moffett toxic waste containers waste dumpsites