Tritium distribution in the environment in the vicinity of a chronic atmospheric source-assessment of the steady state hypothesis

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5219940

Murphy, Jr, C E; Bauer, L R; Zeigler, C C

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 have been routinely monitored during this period. Special studies have been made of tritium in soils and in the organic fractions of these same materials. 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.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 5219940
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-90-322; CONF-910920--33; ON: DE92015321
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540130* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540230 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DEPOSITION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS TRANSFER
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PLANTS
POLLUTION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SOILS
TRITIUM
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VAPORS
WATER VAPOR
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES