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Posted Date: 2005-08-08T04:00Z

Cook,
L.
M.,
1980,
The
Uranium
District
of
the
Texas
Gulf
Coastal
Plain
in
Natural
Radiation
Environment
III,
Vol.
2,
U.
S.
Department
of
Energy,
Symposium
Proceedings,
April
23­
28,
1978.
Thomas
F.
Gesell
and
Wayne
M.
Lowder,
eds.
CONF­
780422
(
Vol.
2.).
Technical
Information
Center,
U.
S.
Department
of
Energy,
Washington,
DC.
p.
1609.

"
Numerous
measurements
have
been
made
in
the
uranium
district
to
determine
radiation
levels
and
radioactivity
content
of
waters
and
soils.
In
many
instances,
however,
background
levels
unaffected
by
technology
have
been
impossible
to
measure
since
the
need
to
take
these
did
not
arise
until
it
was
suspected
that
problems
had
developed.
The
initial
radiation
levels
on
the
surface
near
the
first
mines
must
have
been
high,
since
the
deposits
were
on
the
surface.
Radiation
levels
on
the
surface
on
unmined
ground
adjacent
to
the
Korzekwa
No.
1
mine
exceed
200mR/
hr
today.
Other
areas
on
the
outcrop
of
the
Deweesville
sandstone
near
the
Luckett
mine
are
somewhat
elevated
also
with
readings
of
20
to
30mR/
hr
common."