Wayne Interim Storage Site: Annual Site Environmental Report, Wayne, New Jersey, Calendar Year 1988: Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).

摘要

The monitoring program at the Wayne Interim Storage Site (WISS) measures radon and thoron concentrations in air; external gamma radiation levels; and uranium, radium, and thorium, concentrations in surface water, groundwater, and sediment. The radiation dose was calculated for a hypothetical maximally exposed individual to verify that the site is in compliance with the DOE radiation protection standard (100 merm/yr) and to assess its potential effects on public health. Based on the conservative scenario described in the report, this hypothetical individual receives an annual external exposure approximately equivalent to 2 percent of the DOE radiation protection standard. By comparison, this exposure is less than a person receives during a flight from New York City to Los Angeles as a result of greater amounts of cosmic radiation at higher altitudes. The cumulative dose to the population within an 80-km (50-mi) radius of the WISS that results from radioactive materials present at the site is indistinguishable from the dose that the same population receives from naturally occurring radioactive sources. Results of the 1988 monitoring show that the WISS is in compliance with the DOE radiation protection standard and with applicable requirements specified by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection groundwater permit. 26 refs., 13 figs., 19 tabs. (ERA citation 14:024225)