Environmental status of the Hanford reservation for January--June 1968
Data are presented on the radioactivity in environmental samples collected within the Hanford plant boundaries during the first half of 1968. Data are included on the total alpha activity, total BETA activity and content of /sup 90/Sr and tritium in samples of Columbia River water; the total BETA activity in samples of drinking water; the content of /sup 51/Cr, /sup 95/ Zr--Nb, /sup 103/Ru, /sup 106/Ru, /sup 134/Cs, /sup 137/Cs, and /sup 144/Ce--Pr in samples of surface waters; the total BETA activity and content of /sup 131/I in samples of surface air; the total alpha , BETA , and gamma activity in samples of air filters; and the estimated external radiation exposure rates to personnel. Routine monitoring surveys of plant roads with a gamma spectrometer were carried out. Increases in atmospheric BETA activity were related to increased fallout deposition. A temporary increase in atmospheric /sup 131/I concentrations was related to release in gaseous wastes. (CH)
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-012700
- OSTI ID:
- 4369340
- Report Number(s):
- BNWL-CC--1850
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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*ALPHA SOURCES-- RADIATION MONITORING
*BETA SOURCES-- RADIATION MONITORING
*CERIUM 144-- RADIATION MONITORING
*CESIUM 134-- RADIATION MONITORING
*CESIUM 137-- RADIATION MONITORING
*CHROMIUM 51-- RADIATION MONITORING
*FALLOUT-- RADIATION MONITORING
*GAMMA SOURCES-- RADIATION MONITORING
*HAPO-- RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
*NIOBIUM 95-- RADIATION MONITORING
*PERSONNEL-- RADIATION DOSES
*PRASEODYMIUM 144-- RADIATION MONITORING
*RADIOACTIVE WASTES-- RADIATION MONITORING
*RUTHENIUM 103-- RADIATION MONITORING
*RUTHENIUM 106-- RADIATION MONITORING
*TRITIUM-- RADIATION MONITORING
*ZIRCONIUM 95-- RADIATION MONITORING
AIR FILTERS
COLUMB
N44300* --Environmental & Earth Sciences--Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport
*BETA SOURCES-- RADIATION MONITORING
*CERIUM 144-- RADIATION MONITORING
*CESIUM 134-- RADIATION MONITORING
*CESIUM 137-- RADIATION MONITORING
*CHROMIUM 51-- RADIATION MONITORING
*FALLOUT-- RADIATION MONITORING
*GAMMA SOURCES-- RADIATION MONITORING
*HAPO-- RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
*NIOBIUM 95-- RADIATION MONITORING
*PERSONNEL-- RADIATION DOSES
*PRASEODYMIUM 144-- RADIATION MONITORING
*RADIOACTIVE WASTES-- RADIATION MONITORING
*RUTHENIUM 103-- RADIATION MONITORING
*RUTHENIUM 106-- RADIATION MONITORING
*TRITIUM-- RADIATION MONITORING
*ZIRCONIUM 95-- RADIATION MONITORING
AIR FILTERS
COLUMB
N44300* --Environmental & Earth Sciences--Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport