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Title: Environmental analysis of the operation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10 site)

Abstract

An environmental analysis of the operation of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) facilities in Bethel Valley and Melton Valley was conducted to present to the public information concerning the extent to which recognizable effects, or potential effects, on the environment may occur. The analysis addresses current operations of the ORNL X-10 site and completed operations that may continue to have residual effects. Solid wastes from ORNL operations at the Y-12 site which are transported to the X-10 site for burial (e.g., Biology Division animal wastes) are included as part of X-10 site operation. Socioeconomic effects are associated primarily with the communities where employees live and with the Knoxville Bureau of Economic Analysis economic area as a whole. Therefore, ORNL employees at both Y-12 and X-10 sites are included in the ORNL socioeconomic impact analysis. An extensive base of environmental data was accumulated for this report. Over 80 reports related to ORNL facilities and/or operations are cited as well as many open-literature citations. Environmental effects of the operation of ORNL result from operational discharges from the onsite facilities; construction and/or modification of facilities, transportation to and from the site of persons, goods and services; socioeconomic impacts to the local, regional,more » and general population; and accidental discharges if they should occur. Operational discharges to the environnment are constrained by federal, state, and local regulations and by criteria established by the US Department of Energy to minimize adverse impacts. It is the purpose of this document to evaluate the operation of the ORNL insofar as impacts beyond the site boundary may occur or have the potential for occurrence.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6706652
Report Number(s):
ORNL-5870
ON: DE83003186
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-26
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible. Printed copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ORNL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ACCIDENTS; AIR POLLUTION; BASELINE ECOLOGY; DECONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; LAND POLLUTION; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; OPERATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REVIEWS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION; CLEANING; DOCUMENT TYPES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER; 530100* - Environmental-Social Aspects of Energy Technologies- Social & Economic Studies- (-1989); 510500 - Environment, Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989); 510300 - Environment, Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 520100 - Environment, Aquatic- Basic Studies- (-1989); 500100 - Environment, Atmospheric- Basic Studies- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Boyle, J W, Blumberg, R, and Cotter, S J. Environmental analysis of the operation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10 site). United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.2172/6706652.
Boyle, J W, Blumberg, R, & Cotter, S J. Environmental analysis of the operation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10 site). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6706652
Boyle, J W, Blumberg, R, and Cotter, S J. 1982. "Environmental analysis of the operation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10 site)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6706652. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6706652.
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title = {Environmental analysis of the operation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10 site)},
author = {Boyle, J W and Blumberg, R and Cotter, S J},
abstractNote = {An environmental analysis of the operation of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) facilities in Bethel Valley and Melton Valley was conducted to present to the public information concerning the extent to which recognizable effects, or potential effects, on the environment may occur. The analysis addresses current operations of the ORNL X-10 site and completed operations that may continue to have residual effects. Solid wastes from ORNL operations at the Y-12 site which are transported to the X-10 site for burial (e.g., Biology Division animal wastes) are included as part of X-10 site operation. Socioeconomic effects are associated primarily with the communities where employees live and with the Knoxville Bureau of Economic Analysis economic area as a whole. Therefore, ORNL employees at both Y-12 and X-10 sites are included in the ORNL socioeconomic impact analysis. An extensive base of environmental data was accumulated for this report. Over 80 reports related to ORNL facilities and/or operations are cited as well as many open-literature citations. Environmental effects of the operation of ORNL result from operational discharges from the onsite facilities; construction and/or modification of facilities, transportation to and from the site of persons, goods and services; socioeconomic impacts to the local, regional, and general population; and accidental discharges if they should occur. Operational discharges to the environnment are constrained by federal, state, and local regulations and by criteria established by the US Department of Energy to minimize adverse impacts. It is the purpose of this document to evaluate the operation of the ORNL insofar as impacts beyond the site boundary may occur or have the potential for occurrence.},
doi = {10.2172/6706652},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6706652}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
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