PLUTONIUM DISTRIBUTION IN THE ENVIRONS OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE--STATUS REPORT, APRIL, W. A. Bliss and F. M. 1975 Jakubowski National Environmental Research Center, Las Vegas* ABSTRACT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Research Center at Las Vegas (NERC-LV) has been investigating plutonium in the environs of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) since 1970. and analysis of soil, air, water, through Fiscal Year 1975. Sampling and vegetable material continued This report summarizes the results of these efforts through April of Fiscal Year 1975. Plutonium concentrations in soil and air correspond to expected levels, i.e., similar to those reported at the 1974 Plutonium Informa- tion Meeting--Nevada Applied Ecology Group. No plutonium was detected in fruits and vegetables grown near the NTS; however, positive values possibly as great as 24 pCi/kg wet weight were detected in samples of vegetables prepared for human consumption and purchased from a local commercial distributor. INTRODUCTION The NERC-LV has been investigating plutonium in the environs of NTS since 1970. Sampling and analysis of soil and air, as well as vege- table material from related surveillance studies noted at the 1974 *See footnote, p. 35. 81