Environmental monitoring report for the Wayne Interim Storage Site, calendar year 1984
During 1984, an environmental monitoring progam began at the Wayne Interim Storage Site (WISS), located in Wayne and Pequannock Townships, New Jersey. The site is part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), a United States Department of Energy (DOE) program to identify, decontaminate, or otherwise control sites where low-level radioactive contamination remains from the early years of the nation's atomic energy program. The monitoring program is conducted by Bechtel National, Inc., Program Management Contractor for FUSRAP. The monitoring program at WISS measures radon-222 and radon-220 gas concentrations in air; radium, uranium, and thorium concentrations in surface water, groundwater, and sediment; and external gamma exposure rates. Radiation doses to the public are also calculated. All environmental samples are analyzed to determine compliance with applicable environmental quality standards. DOE Order 5480.1A, Chapter XI, provides applicable Concentration Guide (CG) limits for radionuclides in controlled and uncontrolled areas. During 1984, radon-222 and radon-220 concentrations in air were all below the DOE CG limit of 3 pCi/1 and 10 pCi/1, respectively. Uranium, radium, and thorium concentrations in surface water were all below DOE CG limits. Radium-228 levels in groundwater from two on-site wells located within existing burial areas exceeded DOE CG limits for uncontrolled areas. Two external gamma radiation monitoring locations at the site boundary had exposure rates above the DOE Radiation Protection Standard. 15 refs., 6 figs., 9 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA). Advanced Technology Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-81OR20722
- OSTI ID:
- 5353002
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/20722-54; ON: DE85018281
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABANDONED SITES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
AIR QUALITY
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOSES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FEDERAL REGION II
GAMMA RADIATION
GROUND WATER
HEAVY NUCLEI
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NEW JERSEY
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POPULATIONS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIUM 226
RADIUM 228
RADIUM ISOTOPES
RADON 220
RADON 222
RADON ISOTOPES
REMEDIAL ACTION
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SEDIMENTS
STORAGE
SURFACE WATERS
THORIUM 232
THORIUM ISOTOPES
URANIUM 234
URANIUM 235
URANIUM 238
URANIUM ISOTOPES
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES