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The Potential Radiological Implications of Nuclear Facilities in the Upper Mississippi River Basin in the Year 2000: The Year 2000 Study

Description: From introduction: This study considered the region comprising the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri River basins and to assess the contributions to the radiation potentially received by the populace from airborne radionuclides originating in adjacent areas, an "air envelope" zone, some 200 miles wide.
Date: January 1973
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North-South Cross Section, Pumpkin Buttes, Wyoming

Description: This map shows geologic formations of sandstone, shale, siltstone, mudstone, and coal, carbonaceous markers, coal seams, creeks and rivers, draws and gulches, mountains, buttes, and numbered locations of uranium test holes.
Date: January 1973
Creator: McKeel, B. K.; Love, J. D. & Crew, M. E.
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Salt-Water Movement in the Lower Withlacoochee-Cross-Florida Barge Canal Complex

Description: The intent of the investigation was to determine how salt water from the Gulf moves in the river-canal complex under the influence of various combinations of fresh-water discharge and ocean tide. Information about the extent of inland movement, concentration, frequency of occurrence, and residence times of salt water in the river and canal was sought, particularly during times of farthest upstream movement of the salt water.
Date: January 1973
Creator: Bush, Peter W.
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Rio Blanco Hydrologic Testing Through January 30, 1973

Description: "CER Geonuclear has developed, in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission, a set of detailed plans utilizing nuclear explosives for an underground engineering experiment called project Rio Blanco. The overall objective is to prove the commercial feasibility of using nuclear explosives to recover commercial quantities of tightly held natural gas in the Piceance Basin."
Date: January 30, 1973
Creator: Knutson, Carroll Field
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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