Environmental surveillance data report for the second quarter of 1988

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7097594· OSTI ID:7097594

Blasing, T. J.; Daniels, K. L.; Horwedel, B. M.; McCollough, I. L.; Osborne-Lee, A. E.; Valentine, C. L.; Wolf, D. A.

During the second quarter of 1988, over 1600 samples which represent more than 5000 analyses and measurements were collected by the Environmental Monitoring and Compliance (EMC) Section. A network of real-time monitoring stations which telemeter 10-minute averaged readings of radiation levels, total precipitation, flows, water quality parameters, and air quality parameters around ORNL also reported data. In addition, three meteorological towers sent weather data at various heights to a host computer every 15-minutes. Increases in thorium and uranium isotopes were reported in several of the composited air filters from individual stations during the second quarter. Construction activities, in particular dirt movement, near these sites combined with an unusually dry summer appear to be responsible for most of these increases. There was also an increase in strontium at the sites near the Y-12 plant where the construction activities mainly involve the replacement of New Hope Pond. Elevated levels of these isotopes at individual stations may be expected to continue into the third quarter of 1988 as construction activities continue to cause elevated levels of dust in the air around particular monitoring sites. Real-time measurements of external gamma radiation are now being reported from fifteen stations, including some recently activated or upgraded stations. Measurements this quarter indicate that external gamma radiation around ONRL is close to background, except at station 4 which is located between the Waste Treatment Plant and waste treatment ponds and therefore experiences higher levels of radiation. 1 ref., 16 figs., 46 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7097594
• Report Number(s): ORNL/M-533; ON: DE89002375
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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