Environmental monitoring report: United States Department of Energy Oak Ridge Facilities
The Environmental Monitoring Program for the Oak Ridge area includes sampling and analysis of air, water from surface streams, creek sediments, biota, and soil for both radioactive and nonradioactive materials. This report presents a summary of the results of the program for calender year 1980. Surveillance of radioactivity in the Oak Ridge environs indicates that atmospheric concentrations of radioactivity were not significantly different from other areas in East Tennessee. Concentrations of radioactivity in the Clinch River and in fish collected from the river were less than 4 percent of the permissible concentration and intake guides for individuals in the offsite environment. While some radioactive was released to the environment from plant operations, the concentrations in all of the media sampled were well below established standards. Surveillance of nonradioactive materials in the Oak Ridge environs shows that established limits were not exceeded for those materials possibly present in the air as a result of plant operations. The chemical water quality data in surface streams obtained from the water sampling program indicated that average concentrations resulting from plant effluents were in compliance with State stream guidelines with the exception of fluoride at monitoring Station E-1 which equalled the guideline.
- Research Organization:
- Union Carbide Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (USA). Office of Health, Safety, and Environmental Affairs
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 6489245
- Report Number(s):
- Y/UB-15; ON: DE81023309
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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