Environmental monitoring report for calendar year 1980

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6358427· OSTI ID:6358427

Baker, S. I.

The accelerator operated routinely at 400 GeV during CY-1980 with about half the number of protons accelerated during CY-1980 as in CY-1979. The total number of protons accelerated in 1980 was 1.2 x 10/sup 19/. The lower total was the result of an extended shutdown from the end of June until the middle of November for construction and because of a shortage of operating funds. During CY-1980 there were no abnormal occurrences which had an impact on the facility and its operation. The maximum potential radiation exposure at the site boundary during CY-1980 was 0.3 mrem compared to 2 mrem last year. The total potential radiation exposure to the general off-site population from Fermilab operations during CY-1980 was 1 person-rem compared to 3 person-rem last year. Airborne radioactivity was released across the site boundary in small amounts throughout the year from the stacks ventilating a Neutrino Area enclosure where the proton beam strikes a target. The radioactive gas was primarily /sup 11/C, total quantity released was 1.3 kCi, and the maximum dose at the site boundary was 0.3 mrem for 1980. There was also a controlled release of tritium produced in helium gas near a target in the Meson Area. The total amount of tritium released was 240 mCi. The average tritium concentration at the site boundary was about 0.00001 percent of the Concentration Guide (Sections 3.2 and 4), resulting in a negligible off-site exposure. The off-site release of tritium in surface water totaled 240 mCi, five times last year's release, primarily because water flowed off the site for 7.5 months compared to less than two months in 1979.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 6358427
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-81/26
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCELERATORS
AEROSOLS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
BARYONS
BERYLLIUM
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON 11
CARBON ISOTOPES
COLLOIDS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DISPERSIONS
DOSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FERMILAB ACCELERATOR
FERMIONS
FLUIDS
GAMMA RADIATION
GASES
HADRONS
HELIUM
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
LEPTONS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATERIALS
METALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
MUONS
NEUTRONS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PLANTS
POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RARE GASES
SAMPLING
SEWAGE
SOILS
SOLS
SYNCHROTRONS
TOXIC MATERIALS
TRITIUM
WASTES
WATER QUALITY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES