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Science 1 April 1983:
Vol. 220. no. 4592, pp. 18 - 24
DOI: 10.1126/science.6828876
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Science, Vol 220, Issue 4592, 18-24
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Radiation exposures in Utah from Nevada Nuclear Tests

HL Beck and PW Krey

The exposure of the population of Utah to external gamma-radiation from the fallout from nuclear weapons tests carried out between 1951 and 1958 at the Nevada Test Site has been reconstructed from recent measurements of residual cesium-137 and plutonium in soil. Although the highest exposures were found in the extreme southwest part of Utah, as expected, the residents of the populous northern valleys around Provo, Salt Lake City, and Ogden received a higher mean dose and a significantly greater population dose (person-rads) than did the residents of most counties closer to the test site. However, population doses from external exposure throughout Utah were far too low to result in any statistically observable health effects.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Leukemia in Utah and Radioactive Fallout From the Nevada Test Site: A Case-Control Study.
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JAMA 264, 585-591
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Childhood leukemia and fallout from the Nevada nuclear tests.
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