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Title: Waterborne Release Monitoring and Surveillance Programs at the Savannah River Site

Abstract

This report documents the liquid release environmental compliance programs currently in place at the Savannah river Site (SRS). Included are descriptions of stream monitoring programs, which measure chemical parameters and radionuclides in site streams and the Savannah river and test representative biological communities within the streams for chemical and radiological uptake. This report also explains the field sampling and analytical capabilities that are available at SRS during both normal and emergency conditions.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Savannah River Site (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
5311
Report Number(s):
WSRC-TR-98-00411, Rev. 1
TRN: US0101669
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-96SR18500
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 26 Mar 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; COMPLIANCE; MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SAMPLING; SAVANNAH RIVER; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; LIQUID WASTES; STREAMS; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

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Blanchard, A. Waterborne Release Monitoring and Surveillance Programs at the Savannah River Site. United States: N. p., 1999. Web. doi:10.2172/5311.
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abstractNote = {This report documents the liquid release environmental compliance programs currently in place at the Savannah river Site (SRS). Included are descriptions of stream monitoring programs, which measure chemical parameters and radionuclides in site streams and the Savannah river and test representative biological communities within the streams for chemical and radiological uptake. This report also explains the field sampling and analytical capabilities that are available at SRS during both normal and emergency conditions.},
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