Feed Materials Production Center annual environmental report for calendar 1989

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6467102· OSTI ID:6467102

Dugan, T A; Gels, G L; Oberjohn, J S; Rogers, L K

The mission of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) has been to process uranium for United States' defense programs. On July 10, 1989, the FMPC suspended production operations, but remains on standby for certain segments of production. The FMPC also manages the storage of some radioactive and hazardous materials. As part of its operations, the FMPC continuously monitors the environment to determine that it is operating within federal and state standards and guidelines regarding emission of radioactive and nonradioactive materials. Data collected from the FMPC monitoring program are used to calculate estimates of radiation dose for residents due to FMPC operations. For 1989, the estimate of dose through the air pathway, excluding radon, indicated that people in the area were exposed to less than 6% of the DOE guideline established to protect the public from radiation exposure. When radon emissions are included, the dose from FMPC operations during 1989 was less than 22% of the annual background radiation dose in the Greater Cincinnati area. This report is a summary of FMPC's environmental activities and monitoring program for 1989. An Environmental Compliance Self-Assessment presents the FMPC's efforts to comply with environmental regulations through June 1990. 44 refs., 48 figs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Materials Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Environmental Management Dept.
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-86OR21600
• OSTI ID: 6467102
• Report Number(s): FMPC-2200; ON: DE91004533
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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