Ohio Department of Health study of radioactivity in drinking water and other environmental media in the vicinity of the US Depatment of Energy's Feed Materials Production Center and Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
From September to December 1984, a series of excessive and unanticipated releases of slightly enriched uranium oxide from the Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) occurred. These releases were reported to the US Department of Energy (USDOE) by the FMPC contractor, National Lead Company of Ohio (NLO). In addition, as a result of an offsite ground water monitoring program initiated by the FMPC and ground water sampling performed by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) in 1981, above background concentrations of uranium were detected in several offsite wells. As part of an effort to respond to the surrounding communitys' concerns over these occurrences and the possible impacts of FMPC operations on the local environment, the USDOE requested that the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) establish a sampling program in the vicinity of the FMPC located in Fernald, Ohio. This program encompassed the collection and analysis of water samples and other environmental media in the vicinity of the FMPC as well as interpretation of the data collected through this sampling program. The following report provides a summary and discussion of results of the analyses performed on the environmental samples and other information collected during the cooperative agreement project period. 20 refs., 30 figs., 12 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Ohio Dept. of Health, Columbus, OH (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC05-85OR21519; FC05-85OR21545
- OSTI ID:
- 5272676
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/21519-T1; ON: DE90005474
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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