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Title: Maywood Interim Storage Site environmental report for calendar year 1989, Maywood, New Jersey

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6401924· OSTI ID:6401924

The environmental monitoring program, which began in 1984, was continued in 1989 at the Maywood Interim Storage Site (MISS), a US Department of Energy (DOE) facility located in the Borough of Maywood and the Township of Rochelle Park, New Jersey. MISS is currently used for storage of soils contaminated with low-level radioactivity. MISS is part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), a DOE program to identify and decontaminate or otherwise control sites where residual radioactive materials are present. The monitoring program at MISS measures thoron and radon concentrations in air; external gamma radiation levels; and thorium, uranium, and radium concentrations in surface water, groundwater, and sediment. Additionally, several nonradiological parameters are measured in groundwater. The radiation dose was calculated for a hypothetical maximally exposed individual to verify that the site is in compliance with the DOE radiation protection standard (100 mrem/yr) and to assess its potential effects on public health. This report presents the results of the environmental monitoring program conducted at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Maywood Interim Storage Site (MISS) during calendar year 1989. Environmental monitoring began at MISS in 1984. 19 refs., 23 figs., 14 tabs.

Research Organization:
Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/NE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-81OR20722
OSTI ID:
6401924
Report Number(s):
DOE/OR/20722-267; ON: DE91002532; TRN: 90-037624
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English