Post-remedial-action radiological survey report for the Plutonium Facility of the Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus Division, West Jefferson Complex, West Jefferson, Ohio, April 1980-June 1982
The post-remedial-action surveys involved only the remaining, newer segment of the original Plutonium Facility and those outdoor environs at the former location of the buried autoclave and old holding tanks. The assessment activities conducted during the three surveys included determination of surface contamination levels, both fixed and removable, through direct instrument and smear surveys; measurement of ambient external penetrating radiation levels at 1-meter heights throughout the involved areas; measurement of the concentrations of radon, thoron, and actinon daughters and longer-lived radionuclides within air samples; and determination of concentrations of uranium, plutonium, americium, neptunium, the thorium-232 decay chain, and the radium-226 decay chain in soil and other material samples from the involved areas. The direct instrument and smear surveys were performed on all accessible floor, wall, and overhead surfaces and ductwork in the laboratory and corridor areas, mechanical room, and men's locker room, where the false ceiling, formerly at the 12-ft level, had been removed. In the office areas, the accessible floors, walls, and overheads were surveyed to the height of the existing 8-ft false ceiling. Although the office areas were adjacent to, not part of, the affected areas, it was possible that radioactive materials could have been carried by the ventilation system, spilled, or otherwise tracked into these adjacent areas. In some building areas, surfaces might hae been retiled, painted, or otherwise covered since the beginning of use of radioactive materials; however, the instruments used for the direct survey had some capability to detect beta-gamma activity on the underlying surfaces. 5 refs., 8 figs., 8 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). Occupational Health and Safety Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6563383
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-OHS/HP-85-103; ON: DE87009440
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program. Radiological survey of Shiprock vicinity property SH07, Shiprock, New Mexico, September-November 1982
Level III baseline risk evaluation for Building 3505 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Related Subjects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR QUALITY
RADIATION MONITORING
AMERICIUM
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
DECONTAMINATION
EVALUATION
NEPTUNIUM
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
OHIO
REMEDIAL ACTION
PLUTONIUM
SOILS
URANIUM
AIR
DAUGHTER PRODUCTS
RADIUM 226
RADON
RADON 220
THORIUM 232
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CLEANING
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FEDERAL REGION V
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
METALS
MONITORING
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIUM ISOTOPES
RADON ISOTOPES
RARE GASES
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
THORIUM ISOTOPES
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
USA
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
054000* - Nuclear Fuels- Health & Safety
500300 - Environment
Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
520300 - Environment
Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1989)