Effects of nuclear and conventional chemical explosions on vegetation

Abstract

131 71.--Artemisia arbuscula (sage) and Ephedra nevadensis (Mormon tea) collected 5,790 m north of Palanquin crater 132 VI * Ihpse samples collected off Nevada Test Site and also on Yucca Flat away from shot points. ** eRaU, eTh mean the amount of uranium and thorium that would be present if the measured daughter products were in equilibrium with the parent. n.d.--Not determined.

Surface effects of underground nuclear explosions

“…The ecological effects of nuclear testing at the NTS have been investigated by numerous researchers, beginning in the late 1950s. Early studies emphasized radiological effects, with only brief mention of non-radiological effects (Shields andRickard, 1959, 1960;Shields andWells, 1962, 1963;Jorgensen, Allred, and Beck, 1963;Allred, Beck, and Jorgensen, 1965;Cannon, et al, 1981). More recent reports have presented results of broad-based ecological studies at the NTS, including the effects of both test-and non-test-related operations (Hunter, , 1994a(Hunter, , 1994b(Hunter, , 1994c(Hunter, , and 1995.…”