STOLLER-ESER-53

S.M. Stoller Corporation
Environmental Surveillance, Education and Research Program
ISSN NUMBER 1089-5469

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory 
Offsite Environmental Surveillance Program Report:
Fourth Quarter 2001

January 2003

Contributors:

 Marilyn Case, Jade Dye, Chris Martin, Douglas K. Halford

 Program conducted for the U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office
Under Contract DE-RP07-99ID13658

 S.M. Stoller Corporation
Environmental Surveillance, Education and Research Program
Douglas K. Halford, Program Manager
1780 First Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401
www.stoller-eser.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

1.   ESER  PROGRAM DESCRIPTION  

2.     The INEEL

3.     Air Sampling

3.1    Low-Volume Air Sampling

3.2    Atmospheric Moisture Sampling

3.3    PM₁₀ Air Sampling

4.     Water Sampling

4.1    Precipitation Sampling

4.2    Drinking Water Sampling

4.3    Surface Water Sampling

5.     Agricultural Products and Wildlife Sampling

5.1    Milk Sampling

5.2    Large Game Animal Sampling

5.3    Potato Sampling

5.4    Waterfowl Sampling

6.     Environmental Radiation

7.     Summary and Conclusions

8.     References

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

LIST of TABLES

Table 1:   Summary of 24-hour PM₁₀ values (mg/m³)

Table 2:  Detected radionuclides in edible tissues of ducks

Table 3:  TLD exposures from May 2001 to November 2001

Table A-1:  Summary of the ESER Program's Sampling Schedule

Table B-1:  Quarterly Summary of MDCs, DCGs, &  SDWA Limits for Radiological Analysis

Table C-1:  Weekly Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Concentrations in Air

Table C-2:  Weekly Iodine-131 Concentrations in Air

Table C-3:  Quarterly Cesium-137, Americium-241, Plutonium-238, Plutonium-239/240 and Strontium-90 Concentrations in Composited Air Filters

Table C-4:  Tritium Concentrations in Atmospheric Moisture

Table C-5:  PM₁₀ Concentrations at Atomic City, Blackfoot CMS, and Rexburg CMS

Table C-6:  Weekly and Monthly Tritium Concentrations in Precipitation

Table C-7:  Bi-annual Gross Alpha, Gross Beta & Tritium Concentrations in Drinking and Surface Water

Table C-8:  Weekly and Monthly Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Milk

Table C-9:  Bi-annual Strontium-90 Concentrations in Milk

Table C-10:  Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Game Animals

Table C-11:  Cesium-137 Concentrations in Potatoes

Table C-12:  Strontium-90 Concentrations in Potatoes

Table C-13:  Radionuclides in Edible Portion of Waterfowl

Table C-14:  Environmental Radiation Results

LIST of FIGURES

FIGURE 1.       Continuous air sampler locations

FIGURE 2.       Weekly median gross alpha concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations

FIGURE 3.       Weekly median gross beta concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations

FIGURE 4.       Monthly median gross alpha concentrations in air at INEEL locations

FIGURE 5.       Monthly median gross alpha concentrations in air at Boundary locations

FIGURE 6.       Monthly median gross alpha concentrations in air at Distant locations

FIGURE 7.       Monthly median gross beta concentrations in air at INEEL locations

FIGURE 8.       Monthly median gross beta concentrations in air at Boundary locations

FIGURE 9.       Monthly median gross beta concentrations in air at Distant locations

FIGURE 10      Specific radionuclides detected in quarterly composite air filters (by locations)

FIGURE 11.     ESER Program milk sampling locations

FIGURE 12.     Cesium-137 concentrations in milk sampled during the fourth quarter, 2001

FIGURE 13.     Potato sampling locations

FIGURE 14.     TLD locations