Environmental surveillance at Hanford for CY-1979

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 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 (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5375138
• Report Number(s): PNL-3283; TRN: 80-011518
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CESIUM 137
RADIATION MONITORING
HANFORD RESERVATION
AIR QUALITY
WATER QUALITY
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
MONITORING
PLUTONIUM 239
STRONTIUM 90
SULFUR DIOXIDE
BACKGROUND RADIATION
COLUMBIA RIVER
DATA COMPILATION
FOOD
GAMMA RADIATION
GRAPHS
PLANTS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVITY
SOILS
TABLES
WILD ANIMALS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
DATA FORMS
DOSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
RIVERS
STREAMS
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
SURFACE WATERS
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
500300* - Environment
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500200 - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)