Radiochemical analyses of soil and vegetation samples taken from the Hanford environs, 1971--1976

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7210970· OSTI ID:7210970

Miller, M L; Fix, J J; Bramson, P E

Soil and vegetation have routinely been collected on the Hanford Site and surrounding environs as one method of monitoring radionuclide concentrations potentially attributable to Hanford operations. With the exception of a few locations, the data indicate that Hanford operations have made no significant contribution to existing radionuclide concentrations in soil and vegetation. Most of the activity seen in the samples can be attributed to natural causes or worldwide atmospheric fallout. The few locations apparently impacted by Hanford operations were: east of the California Nuclear burial site, which showed elevated levels of /sup 60/Co in soil and vegetation; northeast of the 1301-N trench, which showed elevated levels of /sup 54/Mn, /sup 60/Co, and /sup 134/Cs in soil and /sup 60/Co in vegetation; Columbia River island at river mile 340 (near North Richland), which showed elevated levels of /sup 60/Co; and east of 200 West Area, which showed elevated levels of Pu in soil.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-06-1830
• OSTI ID: 7210970
• Report Number(s): BNWL-2249
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOMASS
CESIUM 134
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FALLOUT
FALLOUT DEPOSITS
HANFORD RESERVATION
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MANGANESE 54
MANGANESE ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PLANTS
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOMETRIC ANALYSIS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SAMPLING
SOILS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES