Plutonium discharges to the sanitary sewer: Health impacts at the Livermore Water Reclamation Plant

Technical Report · Fri Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10158263· OSTI ID:10158263

Balke, B K

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is the largest discharger of sewage treated by the Livermore Water Reclamation (LWRP), contributing approximately 7% by volume of the LWRP influent LILNL operations, as potential sources both of industrial pollutants and radioactivity, are therefore of particular concern to the LWRP. For this reason, LLNL has maintained vigorous wastewater discharge control and monitoring programs. In particular, the monitoring program has demonstrated that, except in a few rare instances, the concentration of contaminants in LLNL effluent have always remained below the appropriate regulatory standards. The exceptions have generally been due to inadvertent discharges of metals-bearing solutions produced by metal plating or cleaning operations.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10158263
• Report Number(s): UCRL-ID-113548; ON: DE93013946; TRN: 93:020839
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 16 Apr 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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