1976 environmental monitoring report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7087021· OSTI ID:7087021

Naidu, J R ^[1]

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The environmental levels of radioactivity and other environmental pollutants found in the vicinity of Brookhaven National Laboratory during 1976 are summarized. As an aid in the interpretation of the data, the amounts of radioactivity and other pollutants released in airborne and liquid effluents from Laboratory facilities to the environment are also indicated. The environmental data includes external radiation levels; radioactive air particulates; tritium and iodine concentrations; the amounts and concentrations of radioactivity in precipitation; the amounts and concentrations of radioactivity in and the quality of the stream into which liquid effluents are released; the concentrations of radioactivity in sediments and biota from the stream; the concentrations of radioactivity in and the quality of ground waters underlying the Laboratory; and concentrations of radioactivity in milk, grass, and soil samples obtained in the vicinity of the Laboratory. The external radiation level for 1976 at the north boundary of the Laboratory attributable to an ecology forest irradiation source was 74.4 mrem, or 14 percent of the applicable Radiation Protection Standard.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016
• OSTI ID: 7087021
• Report Number(s): BNL-22627
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOMASS
BNL
BODY FLUIDS
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
DOSES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUIDS
FOOD
GASES
GRASS
GROUND WATER
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MILK
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SAMPLING
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
SURFACE AIR
SURFACE WATERS
TRITIUM
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER QUALITY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES