Radioactive releases at the Savannah River Site, 1954--1989. An Environmental Protection Department summary

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10131537· OSTI ID:10131537

Cummins, C L; Hetrick, C S; Martin, D K

This report is the continuation of a series of reports, previously titled, Releases of Radioactivity at the Savannah River Plant (DPSPU-YR-25-1). The reports reflect the use of air and liquid effluent sample analyses in determining the amount of radioactivity released from Savannah River Site (SRS) operations. The identification and characterization of these source terms since plant startup in 1954 have aided Site personnel in confining and limiting the amount of radioactivity released to the environment from SRS facilities. This document is an effluent/source term report; items falling under other categories, such as environmental spills or solid waste transport to the burial ground, are not included. Any classified or secret data have either been excluded, as in the case of 1960--1970 atmospheric releases of {sup 85}Kr from the Separations Areas, or combined to avoid classification, such as atmospheric tritium releases from the Separations Area.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 10131537
• Report Number(s): WSRC-RP-91-684; ON: DE92009983
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Feb 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
EMISSION
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
TRITIUM
CARBON 14
IODINE 129
CESIUM 137
COMPILED DATA
AIR
LIQUID WASTES
STRONTIUM 90
RUTHENIUM 103
RUTHENIUM 106
COBALT 60
KRYPTON 87
CURIUM 244
CERIUM
NEPTUNIUM
AMERICIUM 241
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SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES