Annual radiological environmental monitoring report: Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, 1991

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5092952

This report describes the preoperational environmental radiological monitoring program conducted by TVA in the vicinity of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) in 1991. The program includes the collection of samples from the environment and the determination of the concentrations of radioactive materials in the samples. Samples are taken from stations in the general area of the plant and from areas that will not be influenced by plant operations. Material sampled includes air, water, milk, foods, vegetation, soil, fish, sediment, and direct radiation levels. During plant operations, results from stations near the plant will be compared with concentrations from control stations and with preoperational measurements to determine potential impacts to the public. Exposures calculated from environmental samples were contributed by naturally occurring radioactive materials, from materials commonly found in the environment a a result of atmospheric fallout, or from the operation of other nuclear facilities in the area. Since WBN has not operated, there has been no contribution of radioactivity from the plant to the environment.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: TVA; Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5092952
• Report Number(s): TVA/PUB-91/5; ON: DE92015733
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY FLUIDS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRINKING WATER
ECOSYSTEMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
ENVIRONMENT
FISHES
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MILK
MONITORING
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
POWER REACTORS
PROGRESS REPORT
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVITY
REACTORS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMAL REACTORS
VERTEBRATES
WATER
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
WATTS BAR-1 REACTOR
WATTS BAR-2 REACTOR