Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Central Nevada Test Site (CNTA)

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August 1965 -- Technical Letter: Central Nevada-20 - Hydraulic Testing of Wells in Central Nevada. USGS-474-80. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.

1968 -- Preliminary Report on the Geologic Effects of the FAULTLESS Event. USGS-474-65. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.

1969 -- Section B, Regional Groundwater Flow Systems of Central Nevada. Desert Research Institute Publication No. 44005.

1969 -- Regional Hydrology, Hot Creek Valley Flow System, Nye County, Nevada. Desert Research Institute Publication No. 44006.

June 1970 -- Analysis of Hydraulic Tests in Hot Creek Valley, Nevada. USGS-474-82. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.

1971 -- Summary of Hydraulic Testing in and Chemical Analyses of Water Samples from Deep Exploratory Holes in Little Fish Lake, Monitor, Hot Creek, and Little Smoky Valleys, Nevada. USGS-474-90. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.

September 1971 -- Radioactivity in Water, Central Nevada Test Area. Teledyne Isotopes, Inc., Nevada Operations, 2765 S. Highland Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109.

1973 -- Bibliography of Published Reports by U.S. Geological Survey Personnel on the Geology and Hydrology of the Central Nevada Test Area, Nye County, Nevada, 1968-First Quarter 1973. USGS-474-165. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.

March 1973 -- Abandonment of Drilled Holes, Central Nevada Test Area. Fenix & Scisson, Inc., 300 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101.

December 1974 -- Summary Report, Central Nevada Test Area Demobilization and Restoration Activities. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Report NVO-152. National Teschnical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5265 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22151.

1985 -- Hydrogeologic Monitoring at the FAULTLESS Site, Nye County, Nevada. USGS Open-File Report 84-580. Open-File Services Section, Western Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25425, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.

April 1985 -- Radionuclide Migration Project, 1984 Progress Report. R.W. Buddemeier and D. Isherwood, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.

1987 -- Hydrology of the FAULTLESS Site, Nye County, Nevada. USGS WRIR-86-4342. U.S. Geological Survey, Books and Open-File Reports, Building 41, Box 25425, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.

March 1991 -- Evaluation of Groundwater Monitoring at Offsite Nuclear Test Areas. Desert Research Institute Publication No. 45085. National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.

August 1994 -- The Application of Borehold Logging to Characterize the Hydrogeology of the FAULTLESS Site, Central Nevada Test Area. (File size - 3.3 Meg)

April 1995 -- Exposure Assessment of Groundwater Transport of Tritium from the Central Nevada Test Area. (File size - 2.3 Meg)

1996 -- The Application of Borehole Logging to Characterize the Hydrogeology of the FAULTLESS Nuclear Test Site, Nevada, USA. T.M. Mihevc, J.B. Chapman, and B.F. Lyles. Hydrogeology Journal, V. 4, No. 4.

June 1996 -- Offsite Environmental Monitoring Report, Radiation Monitoring Around the United States Nuclear Test Areas, Calendar Year 1993. (Large file! File size - 10.3 Meg)

January 1997 -- Corrective Action Investigation Plan for the Central Nevada Test Area (Surface), CAU 417. (File size - 6.0 Meg)

April 1997 -- Corrective Action Investigation Plan for the Central Nevada Test Area (Surface), CAU 417, Revision 0. (Large file! File size - 10.3 Meg)

April 1997 -- Report on Expedited Site Characterization of the Central Nevada Test Area, Nye County, Nevada. (Large file! File size - 32.4 Meg)

August 1997 -- Offsite Environmental Monitoring Report, Radiation Monitoring Around the United States Nuclear Test Areas, Calendar Year 1996. (File size - 7.1 Meg)

November 1997 -- An Aerial Radiological Survey of the FAULTLESS Site and Surrounding Area. (File size - 1.6 Meg)

February 1998 -- Corrective Action Investigation Plan for the Central Nevada Test Area Subsurface Sites (Corrective Action Unit No. 443).

June 1998 -- Annual Water Sampling and Analysis, Calendar Year 2002: RULISON Test Site Area, RIO BLANCO Test Site Area, FAULTLESS Test Site Area, SHOAL Test Site Area, GASBUGGY Test Site Area, GNOME Test Site Area, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Washington, D.C. 20460.

September 1998 -- Evaluation of Potential Hydrocarbon Transport at the UC-4 Emplacement Hole, Central Nevada Test Area.

January 1999 -- Offsite Environmental Monitoring Report, Radiation Monitoring Around the United States Nuclear Test Areas, Calendar Year 1997. (File size - 6.9 Meg)

February 1999 -- Corrective Action Investigation Plan for the Central Nevada Test Area, Subsurface Sites (Corrective Action Unit No. 443).

April 1999 -- The Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 417: Central Nevada Test Area Surface, Nevada. (File size - 1.9 Meg)

April 1999 -- The Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 417: Central Nevada Test Area Surface, Nevada, Appendix D. (Large file! File size - 9.7 Meg)

September 1999 -- Evaluation of Groundwater Flow and Transport at the FAULTLESS Underground Nuclear Test, Central Nevada Test Area. Desert Research Institute Publication No. 45165. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.

April 2000 -- Corrective Action Plan Unit 417: Central Nevada Test Area Surface, Nevada. (Large file! File size - 58.7 Meg)

June 2000 -- Engineered Covers for Mud Pit Closures, Central Nevada Test Area, Nevada.

November 2000 -- Data Decision Analysis: Central Nevada Test Area. Desert Research Institute Publication No. 45179. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.

October 2001 -- Remediation of the FAULTLESS Underground Nuclear Test: Moving Forward in the Face of Model Uncertainty.

November 2001 -- Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 417: Central Nevada Test Area Surface, Nevada. (Large file! File size - 28.5 Meg)

June 2002 -- Assessing Groundwater Model Uncertainty for the Central Nevada Test Area.

November 2002 -- Annual Water Sampling and Analysis, Calendar Year 2002: SHOAL Test Site Area, FAULTLESS Test Site Area, RULISON Test Site Area, RIO BLANCO Test Site Area, GASBUGGY Test Site Area, GNOME Test Site Area, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Washington, D.C. 20460.

January 2003 -- A Validation Process for the Groundwater Flow and Transport Model of the Faultless Nuclear Test at Central Nevada Test Area.

April 2003 -- Contaminant Boundary at the Faultless Underground Nuclear Test.. (File size - 1.3 Meg)