Development of the county database: Estimates of exposure rates and times of arrival of fallout in the ORERP Phase-2 area. Comparison with cumulative deposition-density estimates based on analyses of retrospective and historical soil samples.

摘要

Estimates of exposure rates and fallout-arrival times have been made for each of 142 counties or county segments for 55 nuclear events producing significant deposition downwind from the Nevada Test Site. All sources of available data were examined to provide the best possible estimates for each event. The cumulative fallout deposited per unit area in each county based on these estimates is compared with estimates of cumulative deposition density based on analyses of contemporary and historical soil samples. The good agreement between the two sets of cumulative deposition estimates gives credence to the individual event estimates and suggests that no major sources of fission-product deposition were overlooked. This county database is being used as primary input data in a number of on-going dose-reconstruction studies.