Document Details
Title:
RADIOLOGICAL EFFLUENT AND ONSITE AREA MONITORING REPORT FOR THE NEVAEA TEST SITE ( JANUARY 1986 THROUGH DECEMBER 1986 )
Author(s):
GONZALEZ, D A [REYNOLDS ELECTRICAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY]
Subject Terms:
RADIATION MONITORING; SAMPLING; WATER; RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS; AEROSOL MONITORING; PLUTONIUM 239; KRYPTON 85; XENON 133; TRITIUM; ACTIVITY LEVELS; SURVEYS; BETA DETECTION; GAMMA DETECTION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DATA; GRAPHS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1987 Sep 30
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0222
Accession Number:
NV0067425
Document Number(s):
DOENV1032733
Originating Research Org.:
REYNOLDS ELECTRICAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM AT THE NE VADA TEST SITE AS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ( DOE ) ONSITE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY CONTRACTOR FROM JANUARY 1986 THROUGH DECEMBER 198 6. IT PRESENTS RESULTS AND EVALUATIONS OF RAIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS I N AIR AND WATER, AND OF DIRECT GAMMA RADIATION EXPOSURE RATES. MOREOV ER, IT ESTABLISHES RELEVANT CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE DATA RECORDED AND DOE CONCENTRATION GUIDES ( CG'S ). THIS REPORT WAS FORMERLY TITLED "ENVIROMENTAL SURVEILLANCE REPORT FOR THE NEVADA TEST SITE". THE MONITORING RESULTS FOR CY-1986 REVEAL THAT EXTERNAL GAMMA EXPOSURE LEVELS AND RADIOACTIVITY IN AIR AND WATER ON THE NEVADA TEST SITE WERE LOW COMPARED TO DOE GUIDELINES. THE HIGHEST AVERAGE GROSS BETA CONCENTRATION IN AIR WAS 0.005 PERCENT OF THE DOE CONCENTRATION GUIDE ( CG ). THIS CONCENTRATION IS CLOSE TO NORMAL BACKGROUND FOR THE NEVADA TEST SITE. THE HIGHEST AVERAGE PU-2 39 CONCENTRATION WAS 7.7 PERCENT OF THE STANDART. THE HIGHEST AVERAGE TRITIUM CONCENTRATION WAS 0.39 PERCENT OF THE STANDARD. KR-85 CONCEN TRATIONS INCREASED SLIGHTLY FROM CY-1985 TO CY-1986. XE-133 REMAINED NONDETECTABLE WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS. THE HIGHEST AVERAGE GROSS BETA CONCENTRATION IN POTABLE WATER REMAINED WITHIN THE APPLICABLE STANDARD FOR DRINKING WATER. THESE GROSS BETA MEADUREMENTS DEMONSTRATED THAT NO RELEASE OR MOVEMENT OF RADIONUCLIDES OCCURED IN THE NTS WATER SYSTEM IN CY-1986. THE HIGHEST AVERAGE PU-2 39 CONCENTRATION FROM CONTAMINATED WATERS WAS 0.0005 PERCENT OF THE CO NCENTRATION GUIDE. THE HIGHEST AVERAGE TRITIUM CONCENTRATION IN NONCO NTAMINATED WATER WAS SIX PARCENT OF THE LEVEL FOR DRINKING WATER REQUI RED BY THE NATIONAL INTERIM PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATION. THE AM OUNTS OF TRITIUM-BEARING EFFLUENT RELEASED TO CONTAMINATED WASTE PONDS WAS CALCULATED AND REPORTED TO DOE HEADQUARTERS. GAMMA RADIATION MEASUREMENTS WERE ROUGHLY THE SAME IN CY-1986 RELATIVE TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. ALL SURVEILLANCE RESULTS FROM THE RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT SITE ( RWMS ) INDICATE THAT NO DETECTABLE RELEASES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS O CCURED IN THAT NETWORK IN 1986.