STOLLER-ESER-62

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:
First Quarter 2002
August 2003

Contributors:

Marilyn Case, Christopher Martin

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 and Units

1. ESER PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
2. THE INEEL
3. Air Sampling

• Low-Volume Air Sampling
• Atmospheric Moisture Sampling
• PM₁₀ Air Sampling

4. Water Sampling

• Precipitation Sampling

5. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND WILDLIFE SAMPLING

• Milk Sampling
• Large Game Animal Sampling

6. Summary and Conclusions
7. References

Appendix A - Summary of Sampling Media and Schedule
Appendix B - Summary of MDC's, DCG's, and SDWA Limits
Appendix C - Sample Analysis Results

• Table C-1 Weekly Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Concentrations in Air (1st Quarter 2002)
• Table C-2 Weekly Iodine-131 Activity in Air (1st Quarter 2002)
• Table C-3 Quarterly Cesium-137, Amerecium-241, Plutonium-238, Plutonium-239/240, & Strontium-90 Concentrations in Composited Air Filters (1st Quarter 2002)
• Table C-4 Tritium concentrations in Atmospheric Moisture
• Table C-5 PM₁₀ Concentrations at Atomic City, Blackfoot CMS, and Rexburg CMS
• Table C-6 Monthly and Weekly Tritium Concentrations in Precipitation
• Table C-7 Weekly and Monthly Iodine-131 & Cesium-137 Concentrations in Milk
• Table C-8 Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Game Animals

Appendix D - Statistical Analysis Results

• Table D-1 - Results of the Kruskal-Wallace statistical test between INEEL, Boundary and Distant sample groups by month.
• Table D-2 - Statistical difference in weekly gross alpha and gross beta concentrations measured at Boundary and Distant locations.

LIST OF FIGURES

• Figure 1. Low-volume air sampler locations.
• Figure 2. Gross alpha concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations for the second quarter of 2002.
• Figure 3. January gross alpha concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 4. February gross alpha concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 5. March gross alpha concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 6. Gross beta concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 7. January beta concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations for the second quarter 2002.
• Figure 8. February gross beta concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 9. March gross beta concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 10. Specific radionuclides detected in quarterly composite air filters (by locations).
• Figure 11. ESER Program milk sampling locations.

LIST OF TABLES

• Table 1. Summary of 24-hour PM₁₀ values (µg/m3).
• Table A-1. Summary of the ESER Program’s Sampling Schedule
• Table B-1 Summary of Approximate Minimum Detectable Concentrations for Radiological Analyses Performed During Second Quarter 2002
• Table C-1 Weekly Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Concentrations in Air (1st Quarter 2002)
• Table C-2 Weekly Iodine-131 Activity in Air (1st Quarter 2002)
• Table C-3 Quarterly Cesium-137, Amerecium-241, Plutonium-238, Plutonium-239/240, & Strontium-90 Concentrations in Composited Air Filters (1st Quarter 2002)
• Table C-4 Tritium concentrations in Atmospheric Moisture
• Table C-5 PM₁₀ Concentrations at Atomic City, Blackfoot CMS, and Rexburg CMS
• Table C-6 Monthly and Weekly Tritium Concentrations in Precipitation
• Table C-7 Weekly and Monthly Iodine-131 & Cesium-137 Concentrations in Milk
• Table C-8 Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Game Animals
• Table D-1 - Results of the Kruskal-Wallace statistical test between INEEL, Boundary and Distant sample groups by month.
• Table D-2 - Statistical difference in weekly gross alpha and gross beta concentrations measured at Boundary and Distant locations.

Results from ESER's network of low-volume air samplers in searchable form