Radionuclides in soil and water near a low-level disposal site and potential ecological and human health impacts

摘要

Material Disposal Area G is the primary low-level radioactive waste disposal site at Los Alamos National laboratory, New Mexico, and is adjacent to Pueblo of San Ildefonso lands. Pueblo Residents and Los Alamos scientists are concerned about radiological doses resulting from uptake Of Area G radionuclides by mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus Elaphus), then consumption of deer and elk meat by humans. Tissue samples were collected from deer And elk accidentally killed near Area G and were analyzed for ~3H, ~90Sr, total U, ~238Pu, ~239,240Pu, ~241Am, and ~137Cs.