Annual environmental monitoring report, US Department of Energy, Rocky Flats Plant, January--December 1978

Technical Report · Tue May 15 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:6150799

Howerton, R D ^[1]

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1. ed.

An environmental monitoring program that included the sampling and analysis of air, water, and soil on and off the plant site was conducted. Particulate samples were collected from air samplers that operated continuously at the plant perimeter and in 12 communities located near the plant. An analysis of these samples indicated that the concentrations of airborne plutonium at perimeter and community locations were identical and were within the range attributed primarily to fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. The sanitary water was processed through a tertiary treatment facility before discharge, and the discharges were monitored for compliance with the Plant's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. Violations of NPDES daily limits occurred on nine occasions and were related to fluoride, pH, suspended solids, and biochemical oxygen demand. In all cases, the causes for these violations were identified and corrective actions taken. The plutonium, uranium, americium, and tritium radioactivity concentrations measured in Great Western Reservoir and Standley Lake during 1978 all were found to be less than 0.07% of the applicable DOE Radioactivity Concentration Guides. Drinking water from nine communities was monitored for plutonium, uranium, and americium. An assessment was made of the potential Plant contribution to public radiation dose. Total dose to the population living within 80 kilometers was calculated using the community radiation dose values. (JGB)

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-3533
• OSTI ID: 6150799
• Report Number(s): RFP-ENV-78
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDES
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AMERICIUM
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DATA FORMS
DISPERSIONS
DOSES
ELEMENTS
FALLOUT
FLUIDS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LAND POLLUTION
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIQUID WASTES
METALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PLUTONIUM
POLLUTION
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOISOTOPES
ROCKY FLATS PLANT
SAMPLING
SOILS
SOLIDS
SUSPENSIONS
TABLES
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
TRITIUM
URANIUM
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES