Southeastern United States

Spot measurements constitute the major portion of the data

obtained in the southeastern United States enroute to and from
Houston, Texas.

The measurements in Houston and Galveston were

made in conjunction with the International Symposium on the
Natural Radiation Environment at Rice University and are dis-

cussed in an appendix to the Proceédings.®
On the return trip
to New York, several measurements were made in the area of
Aiken and Lexington, South Carolina.
These measurements were
made as a cooperative venture with the Aerial Radiological
Measuring Surveys group (ARMS)° and were of interest in that
fairly large variations in natural levels were found in a rel-

atively small area.

These variations were due primarily to

varying Th232 soil concentrations.
This area also was notable
in that potassium soil concentrations appeared to be quite low.

High Th232 dose rate contributions were also obtained at loca-

tions in the Raleigh, North Carolina vicinity.
Fallout levels
during this trip were found to be relatively high, mostly ranging
between 4 and 5 ur/hr.
Central and Western
United States

In October of 1962 an extended survey trip was undertaken
between New York City and the west coast, concentrating on the

following areas:
(1) Sundance, Wyoming and vicinity, (2) the
Olympic Peninsula in Washington, (3) the San Francisco Bay

area, and (4) Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A part
of this survey was repeated in October 1963 in order to recheck
several measurements and also to obtain additional measurements
in the Denver area,
Sundance, Wyoming and Vicinity
The Sundance area measurements were taken to evaluate

previous air ionization chamber readings obtained in 1961.
These earlier measurements were prompted by the construction of the PM-] reactor near Sundance,
Natural dose rate

levels in this area were found to be 6-8 ur/hr.

The ob-

served fallout dose rates ranged from 2-5 ur/hr in October,

1962 and 3-4 ur/hr in October, 1963.

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