El Verde Puerto Rico Radiation Experiments (1970)

I came across this report entitled “A Tropical Rainforest” then noticed it was published by the Atomic Energy Commission?! I was curious… what could this be?

Cover
Cover

Turns out I had volume two of a three part report on a decade of radiation research done in a national forest. There is an official Fact Sheet for this program which reads in part…

US DoE Fact Sheet
US DoE Fact Sheet

Here are a few representative pages…

Title Page
Title Page

Notice this is only Book 2 out of three volumes!

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Radiation Damage Map
Radiation Damage Map
Vegetation Profile
Vegetation Profile
Shade Measuring Device
Shade Measuring Device

Books pictured/reviewed here are from the Alachua County Friends of the Library.

The views expressed here are my own and do not represent the FOL or Library.


External Links
 https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/ElVerdeFactSheet.pdf
 https://folacld.org
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