Environmental monitoring at the Savannah River Plant. Annual report, 1979

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6606253

Ashley, C; Zeigler, C C; Culp, P A; Smith, D L

An extensive surveillance program has been maintained since 1951 to determine the concentrations of radionuclides in a 1200 square mile area in the environs of the plant and the radiation exposure of the population resulting from SRP operations. This document summarizes the 1979 results. The radiation dose at the plant perimeter and the population dose in the region from SRP operations are very small relative to the dose recieved from naturally occurring radiation. The annual average dose in 1979 from atmospheric releases of radioactive materials was 0.71 mrem at the perimeter (1% of natural background). The maximum dose at the plant perimeter was 0.97 mrem. Air and water are the major dispersal media for radioactive emissions. Samples representing most segments of the environment were monitored. Releases of radioactivity from SRP had a very small effect on living plants and animals and were too minute to be detectable, and with a few exceptions, concentrations outside the plant boundary were too low to distinguish from the natural radioactive background and continuing worldwide fallout from nuclear weapons tests. 40 figures, 60 tables. (MF)

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Plant
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6606253
• Report Number(s): DPSPU-80-302; ON: DE84016342
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

500300* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
510300 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
520300 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
AEROSOLS
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ANIMALS
ANNUAL VARIATIONS
ANTIMONY 124
ANTIMONY 125
ANTIMONY ISOTOPES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BERYLLIUM 7
BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CERIUM 141
CERIUM 144
CERIUM ISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHROMIUM 51
CHROMIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
COLLOIDS
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISPERSIONS
DOSES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EUROPIUM 154
EUROPIUM ISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GROUND WATER
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MANGANESE 54
MANGANESE ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NIOBIUM 95
NIOBIUM ISOTOPES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PESTICIDES
PLANTS
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
POTASSIUM 40
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
RARE EARTH NUCLEI
RUTHENIUM 103
RUTHENIUM 106
RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SOILS
SOLS
STREAMS
STRONTIUM 89
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SURFACE WATERS
TRITIUM
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VARIATIONS
WATER
WETLANDS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZINC 65
ZINC ISOTOPES
ZIRCONIUM 95
ZIRCONIUM ISOTOPES