Environmental monitoring report, 1980: Pinellas Plant
Results of the monitoring program at the Pinellas Plant are described. Small quantities of tritium gas, tritium oxide, carbon-14 labeled solvent and krypton-85 gas were released from the plant during the year. Average maximum ground level concentrations of these radioisotopes were all significantly less than 0.1% of the recommended guide for continuous nonoccupational exposure. Off-site releases of liquid effluents were analyzed for compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Analyses were performed for biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, fecal coliform bacteria, pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, chlorides, chromium, copper, cyanides, detergents, fluorides, iron, lead, mercury, oil plus greases, phenols, turbidity, and zinc. In addition to the non-radioactive parameters listed above, a small quantity of radioactive tritium oxide was released in the effluent. Analyses showed the average concentration was 0.20% of the nonoccupational exposure guide. Site perimeter and off-site air samples for tritium gas and tritium oxide, as well as off-site surface water samples obtained to distance of 9.6 kilometers (6 miles) from the plant site and analyzed for tritium content, showed levels significantly less than 0.1% of the recommended guide for continuous nonoccupational exposure. Small sealed plutonium sources containing approximately 80% plutonium-238 oxide and 20% plutonium-239 oxide and other isotopes, are utilized at this site. No plutonium was released to the environment.Calculations were made to determine the radiation doses resulting from releases of tritium oxide, /sup 85/Kr, and /sup 14/C to: an individual at the site boundary; individuals in the closest residential area; and the population within 80 kilometers (50 miles) of the plant site. The total dose commitment to the population residing within 80 kilometers was determined to be 0.55 man-rem as compared to the annual dose from natural radiation of 223,165 man-rem.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., St. Petersburg, FL (USA). Neutron Devices Dept.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00656
- OSTI ID:
- 6569966
- Report Number(s):
- GEPP-EM-570; TRN: 81-006835
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIATION MONITORING
SOILS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM OXIDES
AIR POLLUTION
ARSENIC
BACTERIA
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
CARBON 14
CHLORIDES
CHROMIUM
COPPER
CYANIDES
DATA COMPILATION
DETERGENTS
FLUORIDES
GASEOUS WASTES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
IRON
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LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LEAD
LIQUID WASTES
MERCURY
MONITORING
NITROGEN
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
OILS
PH VALUE
PHENOLS
PHOSPHORUS
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RADIATION DOSES
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SOLID WASTES
STACK DISPOSAL
TURBIDITY
WATER POLLUTION
ZINC
ACTINIDES
ADDITIVES
AROMATICS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
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DOSES
ELEMENTS
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FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
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HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
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INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
KRYPTON ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MICROORGANISMS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
POPULATIONS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOISOTOPES
SAFETY
SEMIMETALS
SURFACTANTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
US DOE
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US ORGANIZATIONS
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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