TABLE
5
Residual Gross Alpha Activity - Palomares - 1966 Samples
Post Cleanup - Surface layer of Soil (0-2'"')
Area
2-1
2-2
one
‘
2-3B
Gross Alpha*
Activity (pCi/g dry)
Plutonium Activity**
5.1
(pCi/g dry)
Range:
Average:
0.09-16.8
2.5
214
2.7-450
134
11.1
1.4-3.6
1.3
Comment
2" of Soil removed during
’ cleanup
Control area believed to be
Pu free
3-1
11.2
0.3-2 130
156
3+2
97.8
0.5-253
34.1
5-1
22.1
0.4-4.5
1.4
5-2
6.2
0.05-4.1
0.9
5-3B
9.1
0.09-1.8
0.9
*Samples taken by Junta de Energia Nuclear, Madrid
**Samples taken by LASL for chemical analysis
Control area believed to be
Pu free