Tritium distribution in the environment in the vicinity of a chronic atmospheric source-assessment of the steady state hypothesis

Conference · Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:10152877

Murphy, Jr, C E; Bauer, L R; Zeigler, C C

The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a major radionuclide production center. Tritium has been released to the atmosphere over the 36 year period of operation. The tritiated water concentration of the atmosphere, rain, vegetation and food have been routinely monitored during this period. Special studies have been made of tritium in soils and in the organic fractions of these same materials. The available data suggest that the average tritium concentration in the components of the terrestrial environment have approached a steady state with the two main sources of tritium, rainfall and atmospheric water vapor.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 10152877
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-90-322; CONF-910920-33; ON: DE92015321
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. topical meeting on tritium technology in fission, fusion, and isotopic applications,Albuquerque, NM (United States),29 Sep - 4 Oct 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1990]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
TRITIUM
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
RADIOISOTOPES
EMISSION
AIR POLLUTION
GASES
WATER VAPOR
DEPOSITION
SOILS
PLANTS
FOOD
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RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT