Environmental Sciences semiannual progress report, July-December 1980

Technical Report · Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5180572

Hurley, J D; Hunt, D C ^[1]

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1. eds.

Four major areas of research effort are reported: dust transport, distribution of transuranics in sediments, evaluation of critical ecological pathways for radionuclides, and terrestrial ecosystem compartmentalization of transuranics. Progress also is described in programs dealing with Rocky Flats Plant land management, a differential alpha emitter analysis project, quality control procedures, the effects of chlorine addition on biological oxygen measurements, and evaluation of Plant-related incident response involving wounded wildlife. In the dust transport project, data continued to be collected on transuranic airborne concentrations and surface-soil activity levels for a field known to have above-back-ground levels of transuranics. The data show principal airborne activity resides on nonrespirable (> 3-..mu..m aerodynamic diameter) particles. Progress in the sediment sampling program included fitting and modification of the sampling platform; taking of preliminary cores, dredges, and pond-side samples from Lindsay Pond (a near background water body); and acquisition of required sample preparation and storage facilities. The critical pathways project continued, and data were obtained on transuranic levels in garden vegetables grown in soil (with excess transuranic levels) within and outside a greenhouse. Progress in studies of terrestrial ecological distributions of transuranics included collection for radionuclide analysis of approximately 70 rodents on two study plots east of the Plant's security fence.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP03533
• OSTI ID: 5180572
• Report Number(s): RFP-3287; ON: DE82007678; TRN: 82-013912
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMERICIUM 241
RADIATION MONITORING
BERYLLIUM 7
PLUTONIUM
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
RADIOISOTOPES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
ROCKY FLATS PLANT
SOILS
RADIOACTIVITY
SURFACE AIR
ALPHA DETECTION
CHLORINE
DISTRIBUTION
DUSTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GAMMA DETECTION
PARTICLE RESUSPENSION
PLANTS
PONDS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROOTS
SAMPLING
SEDIMENTS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
UPTAKE
WILD ANIMALS
WIND
WIND TUNNELS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
AEROSOLS
AIR
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
COLLOIDS
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DETECTION
DISPERSIONS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ELEMENTS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FLUIDS
GASES
HALOGENS
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIATION DETECTION
SOLS
SURFACE WATERS
TUNNELS
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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510300 - Environment
Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)