Report on the Oak Ridge sewage sludge land-farming experience. Part II. Pathways analysis

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6585929· OSTI ID:6585929

Oakes, T W; Ohnesorge, W F; Daniels, K L; Braunstein, H M; Kitchings, J T; Alexander, W A

The data presented in Part I was used to analyze the potential hazard to humans from the transport of radioactive material from the sludge disposal area into the surrounding environment. A number of environmental pathways were examined to determine the possible radiation dose that humans might incur if radionuclides from the disposal site were concentrated in an environmental medium other than soil. Subsequent to the data assessment, calculations were made to delineate the potential dose received from exposure to five different environmental pathways: (a) direct radiation from the field; (b) inhalation of dust emissions from the sludge disposal area; (c) ingestion of water resulting from radionuclides being leached from the soil and transported via surface runoff into Melton Hill Lake; (d) ingestion of fish caught in Melton Hill Lake; and (e) ingestion of deer meat from animals which might graze on the contaminated site. Results of analyses from these four pathways showed the total annual exposure to be 4.2 mrem to the endostial cells (critical organ) and 1.1 mrem to the total body. 5 references, 7 tables.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6585929
• Report Number(s): ORNL-6062/P2; ON: DE84016517
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
CONTAMINATION
DOSES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FEDERAL REGION IV
FOOD CHAINS
GROUND DISPOSAL
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MAMMALS
MAN
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
OAK RIDGE
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PRIMATES
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
TENNESSEE
USA
VERTEBRATES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES