Open AccessBrookhaven National Laboratory site environmental report for calendar year 1996
Author(s) -
G. Schroeder,
Douglas E. Paquette,
J.R. Naidu,
R.J. Lee,
Susan L. K. Briggs
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/666196
Subject(s) - national laboratory , environmental science , savannah river site , sewage , environmental research , vegetation (pathology) , waste management , environmental engineering , engineering , radioactive waste , environmental resource management , engineering physics , medicine , pathology
This report documents the results of the Environmental Monitoring Program at Brookhaven National Laboratory and summarizes information about environmental compliance for 1996. To evaluate the effect of Brookhaven National Laboratory`s operations on the local environment, measurements of direct radiation, and of a variety of radionuclides and chemical compounds in the ambient air, soil, sewage effluent, surface water, groundwater, fauna, and vegetation were made at the Brookhaven National Laboratory site and at adjacent sites. The report also evaluates the Laboratory`s compliance with all applicable guides, standards, and limits for radiological and non-radiological emissions and effluents to the environment