Niagara Falls Storage Site annual environmental report for calendar year 1991, Lewiston, New York
This document describes the environmental monitoring program at the Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS) and surrounding area, implementation of the program, and monitoring results for 1991. Environmental monitoring at NFSS began in 1981. The site is owned by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and is assigned to the DOE Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). FUSRAP is a program to decontaminate or otherwise control sites where residual radioactive materials remain from the early years of the nation`s atomic energy program or from commercial operations causing conditions that Congress has authorized DOE to remedy. The environmental monitoring program at NFSS includes sampling networks for radon concentrations in air; external gamma radiation exposure; and total uranium and radium-226 concentrations in surface water, sediments, and groundwater. Additionally, several nonradiological parameters including seven metals are routinely measured in groundwater. Monitoring results are compared with applicable Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, DOE derived concentration guides (DCGs), dose limits, and other requirements in DOE orders. Environmental standards are established to protect public health and the environment.
- Research Organization:
- Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-91OR21949
- OSTI ID:
- 10182863
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/21949-343; ON: DE93001262
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SURPLUS NUCLEAR FACILITIES
REMEDIAL ACTION
GROUND WATER
RADIATION MONITORING
SURFACE WATERS
SEDIMENTS
AIR
PROGRESS REPORT
NEW YORK
STORAGE FACILITIES
RADON
RADIUM 226
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
METALS
THORIUM
POTASSIUM 40
URANIUM
054000
540250
540350
540230
540330
540150
HEALTH AND SAFETY
SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT