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Uranium concentrations in asparagus [electronic resource].

Published:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1992.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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15 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary:
Concentrations of uranium were determined in asparagus collected from eight locations near and ten locations on the Hanford Site southcentral Washington State. Only one location (Sagemoor) had samples with elevated concentrations. The presence of elevated uranium in asparagus at Sagemoor may be explained by the elevated levels in irrigation water. These levels of uranium are comparable to levels previously reported upstream and downstream of the 300-FF-1 Operable Unit on the Hanford Site (0.0008 μg/g), but were below the 0.020-μg/g level reported for brush collected at Sagemoor in a 1982 study. Concentrations at all other onsite and offsite sample locations were considerably lower than concentrations reported immediately upstream and downstream of the 300-FF-1 Operable Unit. Using an earlier analysis of the uranium concentrations in asparagus collected from the Hanford Site constitutes a very small fraction of the US Department of Energy effective dose equivalent limit of 100 mrem.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:pnl--8068
pnl--8068
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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/1992.
"pnl--8068"
"DE92013742"
Poston, T.M.; Tiller, B.L.
Type of Report and Period Covered Note:
Topical; 05/01/1992 - 05/01/1992
Funding Information:
AC06-76RL01830
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