Open AccessRadionuclide Concentrations in Honey Bees from Area G at TA-54 during 1998
Author(s) -
Timothy K. Haarmann,
P.R. Fresquez
Publication year - 1999
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/8944
Subject(s) - radionuclide , honey bees , national laboratory , radiochemistry , control sample , environmental science , uranium , nuclear medicine , zoology , biology , chemistry , ecology , physics , food science , nuclear physics , medicine , engineering physics
Honey bees were collected from two colonies located at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Area G, Technical Area 54, and from one control (background) colony located near Jemez Springs, NM. Samples were analyzed for various radionuclides. Area G sample results from both colonies were higher than the upper (95%) level background concentration for {sup 239,240}Pu, {sup 3}H, and total uranium. Sample results from one colony were higher than the upper (95%) level background concentration for {sup 238}Pu