Active Sites Environmental Monitoring Program: FY 1991 report

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6992554· OSTI ID:6992554

Ashwood, T L; Hicks, D S; Morrissey, C M

This report summarizes the activities of the Active Sites Environmental Monitoring Program (ASEMP) from April 1991 through September 1991. The ASEMP was established in 1989 by Solid Waste Operations (SWO) and the Environmental Sciences Division, both of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to provide early detection and performance monitoring at active low-level (radioactive) waste (LLW) disposal sites in Solid Waste Storage Area (SWSA) 6 and transuranic (TRU) waste storage sites in SWSA 5 as required by chapters II and III of US Department of Energy Order 5820.2A. A new set of action levels was developed on the basis of a statistical analysis of background contamination. These new action levels have been used to evaluate results in this report. Results of ASEMP monitoring continue to demonstrate that no LLW (except [sup 3]H) is being leached from the storage vaults on the tumulus pads. Loading of vaults on Tumulus II, which began in early FY 1991, was >90% complete at the end of September 1991. Results of sampling of groundwater and surface waters is presented.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6992554
• Report Number(s): ORNL/M-1792; ON: DE93003064
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SURFACE WATERS
TRITIUM
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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WASTES
WATER
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