Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant environmental monitoring report for calendar year 1981

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5250498

Acox, T A; Anderson, R E; Hary, L F; Klein, L S; Vausher, A L

At the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant all effluent streams are sampled regularly and analyzed to assess compliance with applicable environmental standards. Radioactivity is measured in air, water, food, soil, and sediments; and radiation doses to the public are calculated. All public radiation doses from process effluents are well within Department of Energy and US EPA standards. Non-radioactive effluents either presently comply with federal standards or will comply upon completion of planned projects. The environmental impact of effluents from cleaning and decontamination operations has been reduced through flow reduction and improved chemical treatment. CY-1981 was the first full year under a new National Pollutant Discharge. Elimination System (NPDES) permit for liquid effluents; compliance with the permit's discharge limits did not present any significant problems. Engineering is proceeding on projects to be constructed through 1985 to further reduce the impact of liquid effluents. A new licensed sanitary landfill utilizing the area fill method went into operation in July 1981. Although neither the State of Ohio nor the federal government has established standards for fluoride in the atmosphere or in vegetation, fluorides are monitored because they are used extensively in the gaseous diffusion process.

• Research Organization: Goodyear Atomic Corp., Piketon, OH (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76OR00001
• OSTI ID: 5250498
• Report Number(s): GAT-2013; ON: DE82013518
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
AIR
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DOSES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FLUIDS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
FOOD
GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS
ISOTOPES
METALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEPTUNIUM
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM
PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT
PROTACTINIUM 231
PROTACTINIUM ISOTOPES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
THORIUM 228
THORIUM 230
THORIUM ISOTOPES
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
URANIUM 234
URANIUM 235
URANIUM 238
URANIUM ISOTOPES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES