The action is entitled the Advanced Ballistic Reentry Systems (ABRES) Radioactive Sensors. This is a legislative action. The ABRES program conducts flight tests on the Western Test Range and on the White Sands Missile Range of reentry vehicles having radioactive sensors imbedded in the nosetip and heatshield. Flights are launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with impact near Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, and also from Green River, Utah, with impact on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The adverse environmental effects will be the dispersion of a small amount (less than 3 Curies) of Cobalt 57 or Tantalum 182 into the atmosphere from material ablation. Since flight tests are in free air space, much larger volumes of air are involved, therefore this action is not considered to have an adverse effect on the environment. The ABRES program is conducting research to obtain the ablation data in ways not using radioactive materials, but to date, no satisfactory alternatives have been found.
Advanced Ballistic Reentry Systems (ABRES) Radioactive Sensors
1973
124 pages
Report
No indication
English
Environmental Impact Statements , Environmental impact statements , Guided missile ranges , New Mexico , Radioactive contaminants , Air pollution , Radioactive isotopes , Radiation measuring instruments , Radiation hazards , White Sands missile range , ABRES(Advanced Ballistic Reentry Systems) , Advanced ballistic reentry systems
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