Pinellas Plant environmental monitoring report, 1983

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6966886· OSTI ID:6966886

The results of the effluent and environmental monitoring programs are presented. Small quantities of tritium gas, tritium oxide, carbon-14 labeled solvent and krypton-85 gas were released from the plant during the year. Average maximum ground level concentrations of these radioisotopes were all less than 3/10 of 1 percent of the standard for continuous nonoccupational exposure. The plant's combined sanitary and industrial liquid effluents were analyzed for arsenic, barium, biochemical oxygen demand, boron, cadmium, total chromium, trivalent chromium, hexavalent chromium, copper, cyanide, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, phenolics, selenium, silver, sulfides, suspended solids and zinc. Small quantities of radioactive tritium were released to the POTW and from the East Pond. Analyses showed the levels were less than 1/10 of one percent of the applicable standards. Site perimeter and off-site air samples for tritium gas and tritium oxide, as well as off-site surface water samples obtained to distance of 9.6 kilometers (6 miles) from the plant site and analyzed for tritium content, showed levels significantly less than 1/10 of 1 percent of the standard for continuous nonoccupational exposure. Calculations were made to determine the radiation doses resulting from releases of tritium oxide, krypton-85 and carbon-14. The calculated doses are exceedingly small when compared to the applicable standards. The total dose commitment to the population residing within 80 kilometers (50 miles) was determined to be 0.40 man-rem as compared to the annual dose from natural radiation of 243,117 man-rem. 10 references, 3 figures, 12 tables.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., St. Petersburg, FL (USA). Neutron Devices Dept.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00656
• OSTI ID: 6966886
• Report Number(s): GEPP-EM-806; ON: DE84011161
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDES
AIR
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON 14
CARBON ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
DOSES
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
KRYPTON 85
KRYPTON ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIQUID WASTES
MATERIALS
METALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PINELLAS PLANT
PLUTONIUM
POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
TRITIUM
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES