Environmental effects of a tritium release from the Savannah River Plant

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5579649· OSTI ID:5579649

Garrett, A J; Wilhite, E L; Buckner, M R

On March 27, 1981, a small amount of tritiated water was inadvertently released from the tritium-processing facility during a routine maintenance operation. This report describes the environmental effects of this release both on the SRP site and offsite. Also, the operation of the WIND (Wind Information and Display) emergency response system during the incident is discussed, and the predicted and diagnosed behavior of the tritium plume is compared with tritium concentrations deduced from air, vegetation, soil, and bioassay samples.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5579649
• Report Number(s): DP-1613; ON: DE82006008; TRN: 82-007191
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR POLLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
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ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
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