Maywood Interim Storage Site, Maywood, New Jersey: Annual site environmental report, Calendar year 1987: Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP)

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5168351· OSTI ID:5168351

The monitoring program at the MISS measures thoron and radon gas concentrations in air; external gamma radiation levels; and throium, uranium, and radium concentrations in surface water, groundwater, and sediment. To verify that the site is in compliance with the DOE radiation protection standard (100 mrem/yr) and to assess the potential effect on public health, the radiation dose was calculated for the maximally exposed individual. Based on the conservative scenario described in this report, the maximally exposed individual would receive an annual external exposure approximately equivalent to 1% of the DOE radiation protection standard of 100 mrem/yr. This exposure is less than the exposure a person would receive during a round-trip flight from New York to Los Angeles (because of the greater amounts of cosmic radiation present at higher altitudes). The cumulative dose to the population within an 80-km (50 mile) radium of the MISS that would result from radioactive materials present at the site would be indistinguishable from the dose the same population would receive from naturally occurring radioactive sources. Results of the 1987 monitoring show that the MISS is in compliance with the DOE radiation protection standard. 17 refs., 8 figs., 15 tabs.

• Research Organization: Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-81OR20722
• OSTI ID: 5168351
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/20722-195; ON: DE88008657
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
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NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
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RADON 220
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URANIUM
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES