Airborne radioactive effluent study at the Savannah River Plant

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6059689· OSTI ID:6059689

Blanchard, R L; Broadway, J A; Sensintaffar, E L; Kirk, W P; Kahn, B; Garrett, A J

Under the Clean Air Act, Sections 112 and 122 as amended in 1977, the Office of Radiation Programs (OPR) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency is currently developing standards for radionuclides emitted to the air by several source categories. In order to confirm source-term measurements and pathway calculations for radiation exposures to humans offsite, the ORP performs field studies at selected facilities that emit radionuclides. This report describes the field study conducted at the Savannah River Plant (SRP), a laboratory operated by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for the US Department of Energy. This purpose of the study at ARP was to verify reported airborne releases and resulting radiation doses from the facility. Measurements of radionuclide releases for brief periods were compared with measurements performed by SRP staff on split samples and with annual average releases reported by SRP for the same facilities. The dispersion model used by SRP staff to calculate radiation doses offsite was tested by brief environmental radioactivity measurements performed simultaneously with the release measurements, and by examining radioactivity levels in environmental samples. This report describes in detail all measurements made and data collected during the field study and presents the results obtained. 34 references, 18 figures, 49 tables.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Montgomery, AL (USA). Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility
• OSTI ID: 6059689
• Report Number(s): EPA-520/5-84-012; ON: DE85901094
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
AEROSOLS
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM 243
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
ARGON 41
ARGON ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY FLUIDS
CARBON 14
CARBON ISOTOPES
CERIUM 141
CERIUM 144
CERIUM ISOTOPES
CESIUM 134
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT 58
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
COLLOIDS
CURIUM 242
CURIUM 244
CURIUM ISOTOPES
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISPERSIONS
DOSE RATES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOOD
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IODINE 129
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
KRYPTON 85
KRYPTON 87
KRYPTON 88
KRYPTON ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
METALS
MILK
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NIOBIUM 95
NIOBIUM ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
PLATINUM METALS
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RAIN WATER
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
RARE EARTH NUCLEI
RUTHENIUM
RUTHENIUM 106
RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SOILS
SOLS
STRONTIUM 89
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRITIUM
URANIUM ISOTOPES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
WATER
XENON 133
XENON 135
XENON ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZIRCONIUM 95
ZIRCONIUM ISOTOPES