Tritium in the environment at the Savannah River Plant

Conference · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:6098327

Ashley, C.; Zeigler, C. C.; Quinsenberry, D. R.

As part of the tritium monitoring program, atmospheric moisture, rainwater, and other media are routinely monitored at the Savannah River Plant (SRP), a major producer of tritium in the United States. A mathematical model to predict tritium concentrations in air and rainwater at distances up to 40 km from the emission source was developed using empirical data from the SRP environmental monitoring program and standard statistical techniques. Curvilinear regression analysis of the relationship between tritium concentrations and distance from the release points was used to develop an equation to represent the data. Comparison of calculated vs. measured concentrations and depositions of tritium show good agreement.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-09-0001
• OSTI ID: 6098327
• Report Number(s): DPSPU-79-30-9; CONF-790728-3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

520300* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA FORMS
DEPOSITION
DISTANCE
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
FORECASTING
GRAPHS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MOISTURE
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
POLLUTION
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOISOTOPES
RAIN
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
TRITIUM
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
TRITIUM OXIDES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER POLLUTION
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES