AGENCY: Department of Environmental Quality. Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control

SERIES: 16852
TITLE: Radioactive dispersion studies and radioactive fallout monitoring files
DATES: 1955-2011.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by subject

DESCRIPTION: These records document the Federal government's studies of the dispersion of radioactive materials and fallout from the Nevada Test Site within the State of Utah. The records include correspondence, news releases, pamphlets published by the Atomic Energy Commission, environmental monitoring reports, activity reports, dates of the monitoring reports, stations from which the results were taken, the period of time measured, the number of days sampled, the types of radioactivity sampled, and the radioactivity concentrations measured.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 15 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 03/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 5 years and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 10 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical

Dispersed radioactive material can cause long term health hazards and a record of radiation quantities in the air is valuable. Lawsuits can and have been brought for injuries caused by nuclear testing long after the tests have ended. (Allen vs. U.S. 588 Fed Supp 247).

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