Radiological survey of Kings Bay Submarine Support Facility
Since 1963, the Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility (EERF), US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), in cooperation with the US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has surveyed facilities serving nuclear-powered warships on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Gulf of Mexico. These surveys assess whether the operation of nuclear-powered warships, during construction, maintenance, overhaul, or refueling, have created elevated levels of radioactivity. The surveys emphasize sampling those areas and pathways that could expose the public. In 1984, NAVSEA requested that all active facilities servicing nuclear-powered warships be resurveyed over the next three years. Kings Bay Submarine Support Facility (KBSSF), located adjacent to St. Marys, Georgia and approximately 10 miles east of Kingsland, Georgia, was surveyed by EERF personnel in August 1985. The KBSSF has not been previously surveyed by the EERF or its predecessor (the US Public Health Service) since the area had not been visited by nuclear-powered warships until approximately 1980. 2 refs., 3 figs., 4 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Montgomery, AL (USA). Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility
- OSTI ID:
- 5528766
- Report Number(s):
- EPA-520/5-87-008; ON: TI88900209
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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