Preconstruction radioactivity levels in the vicinity of the proposed Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project 1982

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5745574

Routine samples of ground water, river water, and bottom sediment were collected from the Clinch River in 1982 in the preconstruction-construction phase of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project (CRBRP) environmental radiological monitoring program. The results obtained from the analysis of these samples are similar to those reported earlier. The only significant radioisotopes identified in sediment samples were /sup 137/Cs, /sup 60/Co, and the naturally occurring /sup 40/K. With the exception of tritium, no significant radioactivity was detected in ground or surface water at the CRBRP site. The external gamma radiation levels measured at the CRBRP site averaged 18.8 +- 3.5 mR/quarter for 1982 (Table 8). This is consistent with levels measured at TVA's nonoperating nuclear power plant construction sites.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL (USA). Radiological Health Staff
• OSTI ID: 5745574
• Report Number(s): TVA/PUB-84/1; ON: DE84900078
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDER REACTORS
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CLINCH RIVER
CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
GAMMA RADIATION
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM 40
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
POWER REACTORS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
RIVERS
SEDIMENTS
SITE SURVEYS
SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
TRITIUM
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES