Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: There is a large uncertainty in quantifying the inhalation
pathway and the aerosol emission rate in human health assessments of
radioactive-contamination sites. The need for site-specific assessments
led to formation of our team of specialists at LLNL, who have
participated in numerous field campaigns around the world. Our goal was
to obtain all the information necessary for determining potential human
exposures and to estimate source terms for turbulent transport of the
emissions during both normal and disturbed soil conditions. That is,
measurements were made of the key variables to quantify the suspended
aerosols at the actual contamination sites, but different scenarios for
habitation,
site management,
and site cleanup were included. The most
notable locations of these site-investigations were the Marshall
Islands (Bikini, Enewetak, and Rongelap), Nevada Test Site (GMX, Little
Feller, Palanguin, and Plutonium Valley), Tonopah (Nevada--site of
Roller Coaster),
Savannah River Lab
(South Carolina~--H-Area site),
Johnston Island (cleanup of rocket-impact site), Chernobyl
(Ukraine--grass field end sandy beach sites near Nuclear Power Plant
Unit 4), and Palomares (Spain--site of aircraft accident). This
discussion will review the variables quantified, methods developed,
general results, uncertainty of estimations, and recommendations for
future research that are a result of our experience in these field
studies.
Major Descriptors: *RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS -- PARTICLE RESUSPENSION
Descriptors: AEROSOL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION RATIO; RADIATION MONITORING;
SAMPLING; SITE CHARACTERIZATION
Broader Terms: AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS;
MONITORING; SOLS
Subject Categories:
540130*
-- Environment,
Materials Monitoring & Transport
--
Atmospheric -- Radioactive
(1990-)
540230
-- Environment,
540150
(1990-)
540250
(1990-)
-- Environment, Atmospheric -- Site Resources & Use Studies --
&
Transport
10/5/305
--
(1990-)
-- Environment,
Terrestrial -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring
Terrestrial -- Site Resource & Use Studies --
(Item 5 from file:
103)
03592206
EDB-94-008172
Title: On-site polychlorinated biphenyl destruction demonstration project
on Kwaylein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Author(s):
Machanoff,
R.;
Donaldson,
T.L.;
Brown,
C.H.
(Martin Marietta
Energy Systems, Oak Ridge, TN (United States) )
Title: Air Waste Management Association 85th annual meeting
85. annual meeting of the Air and Waste Management
Association (AWMA)
Conference Location: Kansas City,
21-26 Jun 1992
MO
(United States)
Publisher:
Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Air
Association
Publication Date: 1992
p 43-44
(301 p)
Report Number(s):
Conference Date:
»
Waste Management
CONF -9206114--
Document Type: Analytic of a Book; Conference Literature
Language: English
Journal Announcement: EDB9401
Availability: Air
Waste Management Association, P.O. Box 2861,
Pittsburgh, PA 15230 (United States)
Subfile:
ETD (Energy Technology Data Exchange).
IIA (DOE contractor)
US DOE Project/NonDOE Project: P
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract:
The Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program
(HAZWRAP),
managed
by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., is providing environmental
Management support for the installation restoration of the U.S. Army
Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Base. The USAKA Base is located on Kwayalein
Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, which is over 2100 miles west
9003656
Conference Title: