Chemical Concentrations in Field Mice from Open-Detonation Firing Sites TA-36 Minie and TA-39 Point 6 at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Fresquez, Philip R.¹ 

[1] Los Alamos National Laboratory

关键词: Environmental Protection;    Environmental Sciences (54);    CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;    CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES;    DIOXIN;    FURANS;    LANL;    LEAD;    METALS;    MICE;    PERCHLORATES;    POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;    SOILS;    URANIUM ISOTOPES;    VIABILITY;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1013594
RP-ID  :  LA-UR-11-10614
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1013594
Others  :  TRN: US201111%%119

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Field mice (mostly Peromyscus spp.) were collected at two open-detonation (high explosive) firing sites - Minie at Technical Area (TA) 36 and Point 6 at TA-39 - at Los Alamos National Laboratory in August of 2010 and in February of 2011 for chemical analysis. Samples of whole body field mice from both sites were analyzed for target analyte list elements (mostly metals), dioxin/furans, polychlorinated biphenyl congeners, high explosives, and perchlorate. In addition, uranium isotopes were analyzed in a composite sample collected from TA-36 Minie. In general, all constituents, with the exception of lead at TA-39 Point 6, in whole body field mice samples collected from these two open-detonation firing sites were either not detected or they were detected below regional statistical reference levels (99% confidence level), biota dose screening levels, and/or soil ecological chemical screening levels. The amount of lead in field mice tissue collected from TA-39 Point 6 was higher than regional background, and some lead levels in the soil were higher than the ecological screening level for the field mouse; however, these levels are not expected to affect the viability of the populations over the site as a whole.