Aerial radiological survey of the Savannah River Plant and surrounding area, Aiken, South Carolina. Date of survey: June 1979
An aerial radiological survey of the Savannah River Plant (SRP) was conducted during June 1979 by EG and G Energy Measurements Group for the United States Department of Energy (DOE). The survey consisted of an airborne measurement of both natural and man-made gamma radiation from the terrain surface in and around the plant site. These measurements allowed a determination of the surface terrestrial spatial distribution of isotopic concentrations and equivalent gamma ray exposure rates from /sup 60/Co and /sup 137/Cs contaminants. The results are reported as exposure rate isopleths for the two isotopes and are superimposed on 1:48,000 scale maps of the area. Gamma ray energy spectra are also presented for the net man-made radioelements. This was the second survey of the entire Savannah River Plant site. The first survey was conducted in June 1974. A comparison of the surveys indicates a decrease in the exposure rates due to man-made isotopes. All areas of man-made activity were in the same location as indicated by the results of the first survey. It appears that no detectable new man-made activity has been released in the survey area since the 1974 survey.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (USA). Energy Measurements Group
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-76NV01183
- OSTI ID:
- 5304631
- Report Number(s):
- EGG-1183-1816; ON: DE82019944
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AERIAL MONITORING
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DOSE RATES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SPECTRA
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SITE SURVEYS
SPECTRA
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES