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Title: Annual site environmental report of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Abstract

The Environmental Monitoring Program of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is described. Data for 1990 are presented, and general trends are discussed. The report is organized under the following topics: Environmental Program Overview; Environmental Permits; Environmental Assessments; Environmental Activities; Penetrating Radiation; Airborne Radionuclides; Waterborne Radionuclides; Public Doses Resulting from LBL Operations; Trends -- LBL Environmental Impact; Waterborne Pollutants; Airborne Pollutants; Groundwater Protection; and Quality Assurance. 20 refs., 26 figs., 23 tabs.

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Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5164718
Report Number(s):
LBL-27170-1991
ON: DE92000646
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY; AIR; COMPLIANCE; GROUND WATER; PROGRESS REPORT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION DOSES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RAIN WATER; DOCUMENT TYPES; DOSES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FLUIDS; GASES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MASS TRANSFER; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER; 540130* - Environment, Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); 540330 - Environment, Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)

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Schleimer, G.E., and Pauer, R.O. Annual site environmental report of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.2172/5164718.
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title = {Annual site environmental report of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory},
author = {Schleimer, G.E. and Pauer, R.O.},
abstractNote = {The Environmental Monitoring Program of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is described. Data for 1990 are presented, and general trends are discussed. The report is organized under the following topics: Environmental Program Overview; Environmental Permits; Environmental Assessments; Environmental Activities; Penetrating Radiation; Airborne Radionuclides; Waterborne Radionuclides; Public Doses Resulting from LBL Operations; Trends -- LBL Environmental Impact; Waterborne Pollutants; Airborne Pollutants; Groundwater Protection; and Quality Assurance. 20 refs., 26 figs., 23 tabs.},
doi = {10.2172/5164718},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991},
month = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991}
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