Environmental surveillance for the INEL radioactive waste management complex. Annual report, 1979

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7018149· OSTI ID:7018149

Wickham, L. E.; Janke, D. H.

This document is the 1979 annual environmental surveillance report for the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Included are tabulated data from and discussions about routine radiological monitoring of atmospheric, hydrologic, geologic, and biotic environments of the RWMC. Also included are discussions of selected nonradiological pollutants (e.g., sodium, etc.). It is concluded that (a) RWMC operations have not adversely affected local, existing environments; (b) environmental conditions within the Transuranic Storage Area are not corrosive enough to adversely affect transuranic waste storage containers, and (c) the addition of lakebed soil to pit, trench, and soil test plot areas has altered the moisture cycle characteristic of RWMC soil.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 7018149
• Report Number(s): EGG-2042
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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