Radioactive effluents in Savannah River. Summary report for 1996 [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1997.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: 30 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Westinghouse Savannah River Company, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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During 1996, the radioactive effluents in the Savannah River were generally comparable to (or lower than) those observed during the earlier years of these studies, being orders of magnitude below DOE and EPA/CFR guide levels. Relative to SRS and Plant Vogtle, the upstream site at Shell Bluff and the downstream side at Highway 301 Bridge are the only resin sampler sites still in service. Vogtle associated activities were largest during June to August, and they are dominated by ⁶°Co as was the case in 1995. In earlier years, Vogtle effluents had been dominated by ₅₈Co. The maximum observed ₅₈Co and ₆₀Co were 52 fCi/L and 162 fCi/L; however, values an order of magnitude greater are projected just downstream of Plant Vogtle, as noted earlier. In addition to ₅₈Co and ₆₀Co, Vogtle activities for ₅₄Mn was correlated. SRS associated gamma activities were for ₁₃₇Cs, which were observed at levels consistent with known SRS sources. In 1996, an isotope-specific resin was used for cesium collection, and this resulted in a maximum observed ₁₃₇Cs of 85 fCi/L at Highway 301 Bridge. The standard resin yielded a maximum of 54 fCi/L, which is comparable to the 1995 result. Although the isotopic-specific resin generally yielded the higher ₁₃₇Cs concentration, the larger of the two resin values was adopted for conservatism.

Report Numbers:

E 1.99:wsrc-tr--97-0164
wsrc-tr--97-0164

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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/28/1997.
"wsrc-tr--97-0164"
"DE97054471"
Winn, W.G.

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AC09-96SR18500

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