An integrated enviromental monitoring program at a US Nuclear Research Facility
Conference
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OSTI ID:5897162
Water quality issues are key components of a comprehensive environmental monitoring and surveillance program. In addition to monitoring radioactivity and chemicals in surface and ground water, the program monitors air, foodstuffs, wildlife, soil and natural vegetation. Population numbers of key wildlife species are also determined, usually during the breeding season. In 1987, measured Hanford Site perimeter concentrations of airborne radionuclides were below applicable guidelines. Tritium and nitrate continued to be the most widespread constituents in onsite ground water. Chromium, cyanide, fluoride, and carbon tetrachloride were found in ground-water wells near operating areas. Concentrations of radionuclides identified at a municipal water intake on the Columbia River were below limits established for drinking water. Foodstuffs irrigated with river water taken downstream of the site showed low levels of radionuclides that were similar to concentrations found in foodstuffs not irrigated with Columbia River water. Low levels of /sup 90/Sr and /sup 137/Cs found in some onsite wildlife samples were typical of those attributable to worldwide fallout as were the low concentrations of radionuclides found in soils and vegetation from both onsite and offsite locations. 29 refs., 4 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5897162
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-16731; CONF-8906173-1; ON: DE89014924
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHROMIUM
CONTAMINATION
CYANIDES
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
GROUND WATER
HANFORD RESERVATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
METALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
RADIOISOTOPES
SOILS
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE AIR
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRITIUM
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
WATER QUALITY
WILD ANIMALS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
520300 -- Environment
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHROMIUM
CONTAMINATION
CYANIDES
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
GROUND WATER
HANFORD RESERVATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
METALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
RADIOISOTOPES
SOILS
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE AIR
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRITIUM
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
WATER QUALITY
WILD ANIMALS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES