Annual radiological environmental monitoring report, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6033388· OSTI ID:6033388

This report describes the preoperational environmental radiological monitoring program conducted by TVA in the vicinity of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) in 1988. The program includes the collection of samples from the environment and the determination of the concentrations of radioactive materials in the samples. Samples are taken from stations in the general area of the plant and from areas that will not be influenced by plant operations. Station locations are selected after careful consideration of the weather patterns and projected radiation doses to the various areas around the plant. Material sampled includes air, water, milk, foods, vegetation, soil, fish, sediment, and direct radiation levels. During plant operations, results from stations near the plant will be compared with concentrations from control stations and with preoperational measurements to determine potential impacts to the public. The exposures calculated from environmental samples were contributed by naturally occurring radioactive materials, from materials commonly found in the environment as a result of atmospheric fallout, or from the operation of other nuclear facilities in the area. Since WBN has not operated, there has been no contribution of radioactivity from the plant to the environment. 4 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga (USA). Radiological Control
• OSTI ID: 6033388
• Report Number(s): TVA/PUB-88/19; ON: DE89014206
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY FLUIDS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DOSES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
FISHES
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MILK
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POWER REACTORS
PROGRESS REPORT
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
REACTORS
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
THERMAL REACTORS
US ORGANIZATIONS
VERTEBRATES
WATER
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
WATTS BAR-1 REACTOR
WATTS BAR-2 REACTOR