Environmental monitoring report, 1977

Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5092048· OSTI ID:5092048

Small quantities of tritium gas, tritium oxide and krypton-85 gas were released from the plant during the year. Average maximum ground level concentrations of these radioisotopes were all significantly less than 1/10 of 1 percent of the recommended guide for continuous nonoccupational exposure. Off-site releases of liquid effluents were analyzed for biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, fecal coliform bacteria, pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, chlorides, chromium, copper, cyanides, detergents, fluorides, iron, lead, mercury, oil plus greases, phenols, turbidity and zinc. All results were well within permit limits. Analyses showed tritium oxide released in the effluent was of the average concentration was 0.2 percent of the nonoccupational exposure guide. Site perimeter and off-site air samples for tritium gas and tritium oxide, as well as off-site surface water samples obtained to distances of 9.6 kilometers (6 miles) from the plant site and analyzed for tritium content, showed levels significantly less than 1/10 of 1 percent of the recommended guide for continuous nonoccupational exposure.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., St. Petersburg, Fla. (USA). Neutron Devices Dept.
• Sponsoring Organization: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0656
• OSTI ID: 5092048
• Report Number(s): GEPP-363; TRN: 78-009943
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
MONITORING
PINELLAS PLANT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIATION MONITORING
GASEOUS WASTES
KRYPTON 85
LIQUID WASTES
SAMPLING
SURFACE AIR
SURFACE WATERS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
WATER QUALITY
AIR
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FLUIDS
GASES
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
KRYPTON ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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