Sequim Marine Research Laboratory routine environmental measurements during CY-1977

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6931352· OSTI ID:6931352

Fix, J J; Blumer, P J

Beginning in 1976, a routine environmental program was established at the Marine Research Laboratory (MRL) at Sequim, Washington. The program is intended to demonstrate the negligible impact of current MRL operations on the surrounding environs and to provide baseline data through which any cumulative impact could be detected. The sampling frequency is greater during the first 2 years of the program to provide sufficient initial information to allow reliable estimates of observed radionuclide concentrations and to construct a long-term sampling program. The program is designed, primarily, to determine levels of radioactivity present in selected biota in Sequim Bay. The biota were selected because of their presence near the laboratory and their capacity to concentrate trace elements. Other samples were obtained to determine the radionuclides in Sequim Bay and laboratory drinking water, as well as the ambient radiation exposure levels and surface deposition of fallout radionuclides for the laboratory area. Appendix A provides a summary of the analytical methods used. The present document includes data obtained during CY 1977 in addition to CY-1976 data published previously.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-06-1830
• OSTI ID: 6931352
• Report Number(s): PNL-2569
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
AIR
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ALPHA SOURCES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BACTERIA
BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORIES
BAYS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA SOURCES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON 14
CARBON ISOTOPES
CESIUM 134
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHROMIUM 51
CHROMIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT 58
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
COLIFORMS
COPPER
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DRINKING WATER
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ELEMENTS
EUROPIUM 154
EUROPIUM ISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FLUIDS
GASES
GREASES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
INVERTEBRATES
ION SOURCES
IRON 59
IRON ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LUBRICANTS
MANGANESE 54
MANGANESE ISOTOPES
METALS
MICROORGANISMS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MOLLUSCS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NIOBIUM 95
NIOBIUM ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE SOURCES
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
POLLUTION
POTASSIUM 40
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIUM 224
RADIUM 226
RADIUM ISOTOPES
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
RARE EARTH NUCLEI
RUTHENIUM 106
RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES
SCANDIUM 46
SCANDIUM ISOTOPES
SEAWEEDS
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SEQUIM BAY
SOILS
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE AIR
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRITIUM
URANIUM ISOTOPES
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZINC 65
ZINC ISOTOPES
ZIRCONIUM 95
ZIRCONIUM ISOTOPES