Tritium distribution in the environment in the vicinity of a chronic atmospheric source; Assessment of the steady state hypothesis

Conference · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Fusion Technology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5122056

Murphy, Jr, C E; Bauer, L R; Zeigler, C C ^[1]

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1. Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (United States)

The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a major radionuclide production center. Tritium has been released to the atmosphere over the 36 year period of operation. The tritiated water concentration of the atmosphere, rain, vegetation and food hae been routinely monitored during this period. Special studies have been made of tritium in soils and in the organic fractions of these same materials. This paper reports that the available data suggest that the average tritium concentration in the components of the terrestrial environment have approached a steady state with the two main sources of tritium, rainfall and atmospheric water vapor.

• OSTI ID: 5122056
• Report Number(s): CONF-910920--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fusion Technology; (United States) Journal Volume: 21:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540130* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540230 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CONCENTRATION RATIO
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
HEAVY WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS TRANSFER
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RAIN
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SOILS
STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VAPORS
WATER
WATER VAPOR
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES