Weldon Spring storage site environmental-monitoring report for 1979 and 1980

Technical Report · Mon Apr 19 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5428850· OSTI ID:5428850

Weidner, R B; Boback, M W

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Weldon Spring Site consists of two separate radioactive waste storage properties: a 52-acre site which is a remnant of the Weldon Spring Feed Materials Plant; and a 9-acre abandoned rock quarry. The larger property has four pits which contain settled sludge from uranium and thorium processing operations. At the quarry, part of the excavation contains contaminated building rubble, scrap, and various residues. During 1979 and 1980 these storage locations were managed by NLO, Inc., contract operator of the DOE Feed Materials Production Center. Air and water samples were collected to provide information about the transfer of radionuclides in the offsite environment. Monitoring results show that uranium and radium concentrations in offsite surface and well water were within DOE Guide values for uncontrolled areas. At offsite locations, radon-222 concentrations in air were well within the Guide value.

• Research Organization: SEE CODE- 9514000 National Lead Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76OR01156
• OSTI ID: 5428850
• Report Number(s): NLCO-1176; ON: DE82015033
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
AIR
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISSOLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FEDERAL REGION VII
FLUIDS
GASES
GROUND WATER
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LEACHING
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MISSOURI
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADIUM ISOTOPES
RADON 222
RADON ISOTOPES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STORAGE
SURFACE AIR
SURFACE WATERS
THORIUM ISOTOPES
URANIUM ISOTOPES
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WATER