STOLLER-ESER-52

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:
Third Quarter 2001

November 2002

List of Contributors:
Paula Weyen, Chris Martin, Marilyn Case, Douglas Halford,
Jade Dye, Richard Marty, Larry Ingram

 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
List of Abbreviations

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

5.     Agricultural Products and Wildlife Sampling

• 5.1       Milk Sampling

• 5.2       Large Game Animal Sampling

• 5.3       Lettuce Sampling

• 5.4       Wheat Sampling

6.     Summary and Conclusions

References

Appendix A - Summary of the ESER Program's Sampling Schedule

Appendix B - Quarterly Summary of MDCs, DCGs, &  SDWA Limits for Radiological Analysis

Appendix C - Results

• Weekly Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Concentrations in Air
• Weekly Iodine-131 Concentrations in Air
• Quarterly Cesium-137, Americium-241, Plutonium-238, Plutonium-239/240 and Strontium-90 Concentrations in Composited Air Filters
• Tritium Concentrations in Atmospheric Moisture
• PM₁₀ Concentrations at Atomic City, Blackfoot CMS, and Rexburg CMS
• Weekly and Monthly Tritium Concentrations in Precipitation
• Weekly and Monthly Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Milk
• Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Game Animals
• Cesium-137 Concentrations in Lettuce & Wheat
• Strontium-90 Concentrations in Lettuce & Wheat

LIST OF TABLES 

TABLE A-1.     Summary of the ESER Program’s Sampling Schedule

TABLE B-1.     Summary of Approximate MCs for Radiological Analyses

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.     Weekly and Monthly Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Milk

TABLE C-8.     Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Game Animals

TABLE C-9.     Cesium-137 Concentrations in Lettuce & Wheat

TABLE C-10.   Strontium-90 Concentrations in Lettuce & Wheat

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1. Continuous air sampling locations

FIGURE 2.  Weekly median gross alpha concentrations in air at INEEL, boundary, and distant locations

FIGURE 3.  Weekly median gross beta concentrations in air at 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 beta gross beta concentrations in air at Distant locations

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

FIGURE 11.  ESER Program milk sampling locations.