Colonie Interim Storage Site annual environmental report for calendar year 1991, Colonie, New York
This document describes the environmental monitoring program at the Colonie Interim Storage Site (CISS) and surrounding area, implementation of the program, and monitoring results for 1991. Environmental monitoring at CISS began in 1984 when Congress added the site to the US Department of Energy's Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. CISS property and surrounding areas were radioactively contaminated by operations conducted by National Lead Industries, which manufactured various components from uranium and thorium from 1958 to 1984. The environmental monitoring program at CISS includes sampling networks for external gamma radiation exposure and for radium-226, thorium-232, and total uranium concentrations in surface water, sediment, and groundwater. Additionally, several nonradiological parameters are measured in groundwater. In 1992 the program will also include sampling networks for radioactive and chemical contaminants in stormwater to meet permit application requirements under the Clean Water Act. Monitoring results are compared with applicable Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, DOE derived concentration guides (DCGs), dose limits, and other requirements in DOE.orders. Environmental standards are established to protect public health and the environment. Results of environmental monitoring during 1991 indicate that average concentrations of radioactive contaminants of concern were well below applicable standards and DCGS. Concentrations of some chemical contaminants in groundwater were above-the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Class GA) and EPA guidelines for drinking water. The potential annual radiation exposure (excluding background) calculated for a hypothetical maximally exposed individual is 0.23 mrem (milliroentgen equivalent man), which is less than an individual would receive while traveling in an airplane at 12,000 meters (39,000 feet) for one hour.
- Research Organization:
- Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-91OR21949
- OSTI ID:
- 7059531
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/21949-341; ON: DE93001267
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABANDONED SITES
MONITORING
GROUND WATER
CONTAMINATION
HUMAN POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
NEW YORK
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIUM 226
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
SEDIMENTS
SURFACE WATERS
THORIUM 232
URANIUM
CHEMICAL PLANTS
COMPLIANCE
GAMMA RADIATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
REMEDIAL ACTION
US EPA
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DOSES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POPULATIONS
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIUM ISOTOPES
SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES
STORAGE
THORIUM ISOTOPES
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)
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540230 - Environment
Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
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