Environmental monitoring report for the former Middlesex Sampling Plant and Middlesex Municipal Landfill Sites, calendar year 1983
During 1983, an environmental monitoring program was continued at the former Middlesex Sampling Plant (MSP) and former Middlesex Municipal Landfill (MML) sites, located in the Borough of Middlesex, New Jersey. The sites are part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), a United States Department of Energy (DOE) program to clean up or otherwise control sites where low-level radioactive contamination remains from the early years of the nation's atomic energy program. The monitoring program at the MSP and MML measures the uranium and radium concentrations in surface and groundwater, the radon concentrations in air, and external gamma exposure levels. Radiation doses to the public are also calculated. All environmental samples collected are analyzed to determine compliance with applicable environmental quality standards. DOE Order 5480.1A, Chapter XI, provides applicable Concentration Guide limits for radionuclides in controlled and uncontrolled areas. During 1983, average annual concentrations of uranium and radium-226 in groundwater and surface water within the controlled areas of both the MSP and MML were below the DOE CG for uncontrolled areas. Annual average radon levels in air at both the MSP and MML were below the CG for uncontrolled areas. External gamma monitoring in 1983 showed all monitoring locations at both sites reporting gamma exposure rates below DOE Radiation Protection Standards. All radiation doses to the public were within DOE standards. Results of the monitoring program during 1983 did not differ significantly from the results obtained during 1982. 8 references, 9 figures, 12 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA). Advanced Technology Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-81OR20722
- OSTI ID:
- 6227403
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/20722-17; ON: DE85004932
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
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