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cerning the nuclear testing program, and by the
knowledge that notall tests that release radioactive
material to the atmosphere (whatever the amount or
circumstances) are announced. This has led to
allegations by critics of the testing program that:
Table 4-3—Citizen Alert Water Sampling Program
Location
Type of Sampie
Springdale Ranch
Barney Hot Springs
3 mi. south of Fiourspar Canyon
Lathrop Wells
Point of Rock Spring, Ash Meadows
Weil (hose)
Stream
Amargosa River
Spigot at gas station
Pond
Shoshone, CA
Stream
Moore's Station
Six Mile Creek
Tybo and Route 6 (DOE facility)
Hot Creek and Route 6
Pond
Stream
Well (tap)
Stream
Devils Hole, Ash Meadows
Amargosa Junction
Goldfield
Blue Jay
... the Energy Department is continuing its misinformation campaign by refusing to disclose the size
of most underground tests, by hushing up or
downplaying problems that occur and by not an-
Pool
Weil (hose)
Well (spigot at gas station)
nouncing most tests in advance, thereby leaving
people downwind unprepared in the event of an
accidental release of radioactive matenals. ”
Well (hose)
Such concern could be greatly mingated if a
policy were adopted such that all tests were announced, or at least that all tests that released any
radioactive material to the atmosphere (» hatever the
SOURCE. Citizen Alert, 1988
underground nuclear testing program, this mistrust
is exacerbated by the reluctance on the part of the
Department of Energy to disclose information con-
amountor circumstances) were announced.
Figure 4-14—Locations of Families in the Offsite Human Surveillance Program
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Lake
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Salt Lake City
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@ Austin
Round Mt. ooo
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Tonopah @,
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Lathrop Wells ,
Pahrump
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Alamo
Bunkerville
Indian
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@ St. George
Overton
Arizona
Shoshone ®
© Offsite Family
e@ Community Monitoring Sta. Family
About 40 families from around the test site are broughtin to EPA twice a year for whole-body analysis
SOURCE: Modified from Environmental Protection Agency.
'7John Hanrahan, *‘Testing Underground,’’ Common Cause, vol. 15, No. 1, January/February 1989.