Environmental surveillance at Los Alamos during 1992

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10173514· OSTI ID:10173514

Kohen, K; Stoker, A; Stone, G ^[1]

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This report describes the environmental surveillance program at Los Alamos National Laboratory during 1992. The Laboratory routinely monitors for radiation and for radioactive and nonradioactive materials at (or on) Laboratory sites as well as in the surrounding region. LANL uses the monitoring results to determine compliance with appropriate standards and to identify potentially undesirable trends. Data were collected in 1992 to assess external penetrating radiation; quantities of airborne emissions and liquid effluents; concentrations of chemicals and radionuclides in ambient air, surface waters and groundwaters, municipal water supply, soils and sediments, and foodstuffs; and environmental compliance. Using comparisons with standards, regulations, and background levels, this report concludes that environmental effects from Laboratory operations are small and do not pose a demonstrable threat to the public, laboratory employees, or the environment.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10173514
• Report Number(s): LA-12764-ENV; ON: DE94016643; TRN: 94:020086
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jul 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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