Accession Number:

AD0652274

Title:

PROJECT STARDUST.

Descriptive Note:

Progress rept. no. 16, Oct 65-Sep 66,

Corporate Author:

ISOTOPES INC WESTWOOD N J

Personal Author(s):

• Feely,Herbert W.
• Tucek,Charles S.
• Katzman,David

Report Date:

1966-12-31

Pagination or Media Count:

110.0

Abstract:

Work performed on Project Stardust during October 1965 to September 1966 is reviewed. The current sampling and analytical programs are summarized. Descriptions are given of the stratospheric distributions of strontium-90, manganese-54, cadmium-109 and carbon-14 from pre-1963 nuclear weapon tests, of plutonium-238 from the burnup of a SNAP-9A power source in April 1964, of daughter products of radon, and of fission products from the 9 May 1966 Chinese nuclear explosion. Recent measurements of carbon-14 in surface air in northern New Jersey are presented. Author

Descriptors:

• *FALLOUT
• *RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
• NEW JERSEY
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• STRONTIUM
• CESIUM
• PLUTONIUM
• SAMPLING
• RADAR
• MANGANESE
• CADMIUM
• CARBON
• AIR POLLUTION

Subject Categories:

• Radioactivity, Radioactive Wastes and Fission Products

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE