Environmental surveillance at Los Alamos during 1984

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5830534

This report describes the environmental surveillance program conducted by the Los Alamos National Laboratory during 1984. Routine monitoring for radiation and radioactive or chemical substances is conducted on the Laboratory site and in the surrounding region to determine compliance with appropriate standards and permit early identification of possible undesirable trends. Results and interpretation of data for 1984 are included on external penetrating radiation; on the chemical and radiochemical quality of ambient air, surface and ground waters, municipal water supply, soils and sediments, and foodstuffs; and on the quantities of airborne emissions and liquid effluents. Comparisons with appropriate standards, regulations, and background levels from natural or other non-Laboratory sources provide a basis for concluding that environmental effects attributable to Laboratory operations are insignificant and are not considered hazardous to the population of the area or Laboratory employees. 8 refs., 38 figs., 57 tabs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5830534
• Report Number(s): LA-10421-ENV; ON: DE85011886
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
AIR QUALITY
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ARSENIC
BARIUM
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CADMIUM
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CHROMIUM
COMPLIANCE
COPPER
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOSE RATES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GROUND WATER
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IRON
ISOTOPES
LASL
LEAD
LIGHT NUCLEI
MANGANESE
MASS TRANSFER
MERCURY
METALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
POPULATIONS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SELENIUM
SEMIMETALS
SILVER
SOILS
STANDARDS
STRONTIUM 89
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRITIUM
URANIUM ISOTOPES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
WATER QUALITY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZINC