Environmental surveillance at Hanford for CY-1979

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5375138· OSTI ID:5375138

Houston, J R; Blumer, P J

Environmental data were collected for most environmental media including air, Columbia River water, external radiation, foodstuffs (milk, beef, eggs, poultry, and produce) and wildlife (deer, fish, and game birds), as well as soil and vegetation samples. In general, offsite levels of radionuclides attributable to Hanford operations during 1979 were indistinguishable from background levels. The data are summarized in the following highlights. Air quality measurements of NO/sub 2/ in the vicinity of the Hanford Site and releases of SO/sub 2/ onsite were well within the applicable federal and state standards. Particulate air concentrations exceed the standards primarily because of agricultural activities in the area. Discharges of waste water from Hanford facilities in the Columbia River under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit were all within the parameter limits on the permit.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5375138
• Report Number(s): PNL-3283
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
AIR QUALITY
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHALCOGENIDES
COLUMBIA RIVER
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DATA FORMS
DOSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FOOD
GAMMA RADIATION
GRAPHS
HANFORD RESERVATION
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
RIVERS
SOILS
STREAMS
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SURFACE WATERS
TABLES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY
WILD ANIMALS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES