Community radiation monitoring program. Annual report, October 1, 1992--September 30, 1993

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10115322· OSTI ID:10115322

Cooper, E N

The Community Radiation Monitoring Program (CRMP) is a cooperative effort between the US Department of Energy (DOE), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Desert Research Institute (DRI), a division of the University and Community College System of Nevada, and the Nuclear Engineering Laboratory of the University of Utah (UUNEL). The thirteenth year of this program began in the fall of 1992, and the work continues as an integral part of the DOE--sponsored long-term offsite radiological monitoring effort that has been conducted by EPA and its predecessors since the inception of nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The CRMP began by enhancing and centralizing environmental monitoring and sampling equipment at 15 communities in the then-existing EPA monitoring network around the NTS, and has since expanded to 19 locations in Nevada, Utah, and California. The primary objectives of this program are still to increase the understanding by the people who live in the area surrounding the NTS of the activities for which DOE is responsible, to enhance the performance of radiological sampling and monitoring, and to inform all concerned of the results of these efforts. One of the primary methods used to improve the communication link with the people in the potentially impacted area has been the hiring and training of local citizens as Station Managers and program representatives in those selected communities in the offsite area. These mangers, active science teachers wherever possible, have succeeded through their training, experience, community standing, and effort in becoming a very visible, able, and valuable asset in this link.

• Research Organization: Nevada Univ., Las Vegas, NV (United States). Water Resources Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-90NV10845
• OSTI ID: 10115322
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/10845-42; ON: DE95005667; BR: 35DB01025/35EW31209; TRN: AHC29507%%76
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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