Middlesex Sampling Plant annual environmental report for calendar year 1991, Middlesex, New Jersey. Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP)
This document describes the environmental monitoring program at the-Middlesex Sampling Plant (MSP) and surrounding area, implementation of the program, and monitoring results for 1991. Environmental monitoring of MSP began in 1980 when Congress added the site to the US Department of Energy`s (DOE) Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). FUSRAP is a DOE program to decontaminate or otherwise control sites where residual radioactive materials remain from the early years of the nation`s atomic energy program or from commercial operations causing conditions that Congress has authorized DOE to remedy. The environmental monitoring program at MSP includes sampling networks for radon and thoron concentrations in air; external gamma radiation exposure; and radium-226, thorium-232, and total uranium concentrations in surface water, sediment,, and groundwater. Additionally, several nonradiological parameters are measured in groundwater, surface water, and sediment. Results of environmental monitoring during 1991 indicate that most concentrations were well below applicable guidelines. The potential radiation dose calculated for a hypothetical maximally exposed individual, based on a conservative but realistic exposure scenario, is 2.3 mrem (milliroentgen equivalent man) per year, which is less than an individual would receive while traveling in an airplane at 12,000 meters for five hours. During 1991, there were no nonroutine releases from the site; MSP was in compliance with applicable regulations for releases from the site. Site activities included environmental monitoring, site maintenance, onsite characterization for the MSP remedial investigation, and additional sediment sampling at the plant outfall to determine the source of the elevated levels of radium-226 and thorium-232.
- Research Organization:
- Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-91OR21949
- OSTI ID:
- 10186136
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/21949-342; ON: DE93001268
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SURPLUS NUCLEAR FACILITIES
REMEDIAL ACTION
ABANDONED SITES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIUM 226
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
THORIUM 234
URANIUM
PROGRESS REPORT
NEW JERSEY
SURFACE WATERS
GROUND WATER
SEDIMENTS
SAMPLING
RADIATION DOSES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
REGULATIONS
COMPLIANCE
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS