Environmental thermoluminescent dosimetry measurements at the WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) Site, 1976-1985

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5212147· OSTI ID:5212147

Thompson, D J

In 1975, the US Energy Research and Development Administration began evaluating a site in southeastern New Mexico for the possible construction and operation of a Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The purpose of the facility was to test and demonstrate the operations and technical principles of a permanent repository in bedded salt for ERDA-generated transuranic radioactive waste. An extensive preoperational environmental study program to document the region's meterorology, geology, hydrology, flora and fauna, existing air and water quality, and background radiation was undertaken by Sandia National Laboratories. The purpose of this document is to report the final results of environmental thermoluminescent dosimeter measurements performed from January 1976 through December 1985. The final results were obtained by reevaluating the quarterly raw data using a uniform analysis procedure. 6 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5212147
• Report Number(s): SAND-87-0843; ON: DE88006924
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
CALIBRATION
COMPILED DATA
DATA
DOSIMETRY
FEDERAL REGION VI
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUMERICAL DATA
PILOT PLANTS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WIPP