Weldon Spring, Missouri: Annual environmental monitoring report, calendar year 1987

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5136629· OSTI ID:5136629

Radiological monitoring at the WSS during 1987 measured uranium, Radium-226, and Thorium-230 concentrations in surface water, groundwater, and sediment; radon gas concentrations in air; all long-lived natural series isotopes in air particulates; and external gamma radiation exposure rates. Potential radiation doses to the public were calculated based on assumed exposure periods and the above measurements. Radon concentrations, external gamma exposure rates, and radionuclide concentrations in groundwater and surface water at the site were generally equivalent to previous years' levels. The maximum calculated annual radiation dose to a hypothetically exposed individual at the WSRP and WSCP area was 1 mrem, or 1 percent of the DOE radiation protection standard of 100 mrem. The maximum calculated annual radiation dose to a hypothetically exposed individual at the WSQ was 14 mrem, or about 14 percent of the standard. Thus the WSS currently complies with DOE Off-site Dose Standards. Chemical contamination monitoring at the WSS during 1987 measured nitroaromatics, total organic carbon and the inorganic anions chloride, nitrate, fluoride and sulfate in surface water, groundwater and sediment. 22 refs., 26 figs., 21 tabs.

• Research Organization: MK-Ferguson Co., Weldon Spring, MO (USA); Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., St. Charles, MO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5136629
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/21548-015; ON: DE88009026
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
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MONITORING
NONMETALS
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
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RADIUM 226
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