Results of ground level radiation measurements in support of the 1978 aerial survey of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works, Lewiston, New York
Author(s) -
Bradley M. Berven,
R.W. Doane,
F.F. Haywood,
W.H. Shinpaugh
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/5927722
Subject(s) - ditch , radionuclide , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , aerial survey , ground level , soil survey , archaeology , geography , geology , cartography , soil water , ecology , engineering , soil science , geotechnical engineering , architectural engineering , ground floor , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
This report contains the results of a limited series of measurements at the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works site, three miles northeast of Lewiston, New York. The scope of this survey was not extensive, and the survey was conducted to support a concurrent aerial survey conducted by EG and G, Inc. Results of this survey indicate two souces of significant external gamma exposure on the site as well as several locations that retain low to intermediate levels of radioactivity in soil. Off-site soil radionuclide concentrations were well within background levels with one exception. Water radionuclide concentrations on the site in the Central Drainage Ditch are significantly above background levels but decrease with distance from the spoil pile, and are within restrictive concentration guides for off-site locations.
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