Site surveillance and maintenance program for Palos Park: Report for 1986
The results of the environmental monitoring program conducted at Site A/Plot M in the Palos Park Forest Preserve area for CY 1986 are presented. The monitoring program reflects remedial action subsequent to the original radiological characterization of the site. The program consists of sample collection and analysis of air, surface and subsurface water, and bottom sediment to determine the migration pathway of water from the burial ground (Plot M) to hand-operated picnic wells, establish if buried radionuclides other than hydrogen-3 have migrated, and generally characterize the radiological environment of the area. New studies include the migration of non-radiological hazardous waste constituents that may have been buried with the radioactive waste, based on an analysis of borehole water samples for selected heavy metals and organic compounds. Hydrogen-3 in the Red Gate Woods picnic well continued to show the same pattern of elevated levels in the winter and low concentrations in the summer, but the magnitude of the winter peak was significantly less than in earlier years. Recent measurements indicate the presence of strontium-90 in borehole water next to Plot M. The program established that the radioactivity remaining at Site A/Plot M does not endanger the health or safety of the public visiting the site of those living in the vicinity. 14 refs., 6 figs., 14 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6241234
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-87-8; ON: DE87008603
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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