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Wayne Interim Storage Site environmental report for calendar year 1989, Wayne, New Jersey

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6495908· OSTI ID:6495908

The environmental monitoring program, begun in 1984, was continued in 1989 at the Wayne Interim Storage Site (WISS), a US Department of Energy (DOE) facility located in Wayne Township, New Jersey. The WISS is part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), a DOE program to decontaminate or otherwise control sites where residual radioactive material remains from the early years of the nation's atomic energy program or from commercial operations causing conditions that Congress has authorized DOE to remedy. The monitoring program at WISS measures radon and thoron concentrations in air; external gamma radiation levels; and uranium, radium, and thorium concentrations in surface water, groundwater, and sediment. Additionally, several nonradiological parameters are measured in groundwater. The radiation dose was calculated for a hypothetical maximally exposed individual to verify that the site is in compliance with the DOE radiation protection standard (100 mrem/yr) and to assess its potential effects on public health. This report presents the findings of the environmental monitoring program conducted at the Wayne Interim Storage Site (WISS) during calendar year 1989. 26 refs., 12 figs., 16 tabs.

Research Organization:
Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/NE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-81OR20722
OSTI ID:
6495908
Report Number(s):
DOE/OR/20722-266; ON: DE91002531
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English