Groundwater-monitoring program at the Rocky Flats Plant
Groundwater at the Rocky Flats Plant is periodically monitored through the use of 56 monitoring wells. Samples taken from the groundwater monitoring wells are analyzed for both radiological and nonradiological parameters. The radiological parameters include: total alpha, total beta, plutonium, uranium, americium, and tritium. Nonradiological parameters include pH, nitrate, total dissolved solids, and approximately 43 other elements. Samples collected from most of the groundwater monitoring wells indicate that there is no significant contamination of the groundwater. Low concentrations of uranium, tritium and nitrates above the local background concentrations have been found in monitoring wells in the vicinity of the plant site solar evaporation ponds, indicating some seepage from the ponds. These solar evaporation ponds have been used to store process waste water prior to treatment. Sampling techniques for the collection of groundwater samples, interpretation of selected data, and the quality control program at Rocky Flats will also be discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP03533
- OSTI ID:
- 6530320
- Report Number(s):
- RFP-3472; CONF-821215-9; ON: DE83006264
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: DOE environmental protection information meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 7 Dec 1982; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GROUND WATER
RADIATION MONITORING
WATER CHEMISTRY
ROCKY FLATS PLANT
DATA COMPILATION
NITRATES
QUALITY CONTROL
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
SAMPLING
TRITIUM
URANIUM
ACTINIDES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHEMISTRY
CONTROL
DATA
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
METALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
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