Environmental aspects of a tritium release from the Savannah River Plant on July 16, 1983

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5548160

Garrett, A J; Zeigler, C C; Carver, D R; Stevenson, D A

The environmental impact of tritium release from the Savannah River Plant was assessed by using both predictive and measurement techniques. Predictions of the onsite and offsite consequences by the WIND emergency response system agreed closely with results determined from environmental samples. The maximum radiation dose to a hypothetical individual at the SRP boundary as a result of this release was calculated to be 0.04 mrem. The maximum dose observed by urinalysis of offsite individuals in the release trajectory was 0.034 mrem. The 0.04 mrem dose corresponds to 0.02% of the dose that persons who live in the vicinity of SRP receive annually from natural radiation and from medical and miscellaneous radiation sources. 10 references, 9 figures, 4 tables.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5548160
• Report Number(s): DP-1672; ON: DE84003662
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DATA
DOSES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GASEOUS WASTES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
TRITIUM
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES