Detecting nuclear weapons and radiological materials : how effective is available technology? : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack with the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, and Science, and Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 21, 2005.

Focuses on impact of Soviet nuclear tests on levels of radioactive contamination in U.S. Includes numerous scientific papers analyzing type, distribution, and concentration levels of radioactivity attributable to fallout from weapon testing; v.2: Continuation of hearings on public health impact of radiation fallout due to nuclear weapons tests programs. v.3: Contains supplemental submitted materials on the problems of hotspots and short-lived isotopes of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests.