Environmental monitoring report for Pantex Plant covering 1983

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5025059· OSTI ID:5025059

Laseter, W A

This report summarizes the environmental monitoring program at Pantex Plant for 1983 and presents monitoring data for both radioactive and non-radioactive species in the local environment. Plant activities involve the handling of significant quantities of uranium, plutonium, and tritium. However, only small release of uranium (depleted in the isotope U-238) and tritium occurred which could have affected the local environment. Monitoring data indicate that concentrations of these nuclides in the environment are below established criteria for air and water and therefore should not present a health hazard either to employees or to the public. 23 references, 7 figures, 23 tables.

• Research Organization: Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc., Amarillo, TX (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00487
• OSTI ID: 5025059
• Report Number(s): MHSMP-84-15; ON: DE84010306
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
AIR
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DATA
DOSES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAMMALS
METALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PANTEX PLANT
PLANTS
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
POLLUTION
POPULATIONS
RABBITS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIUM 226
RADIUM 228
RADIUM ISOTOPES
SOILS
TRITIUM
URANIUM
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VERTEBRATES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES