Westinghouse Hanford Company operational environmental monitoring annual report - calendar year 1995

Process Description for the Retrieval of Earth Covered Transuranic (TRU) Waste Containers at the Hanford Site

“…The two units were placed east and northeast of the retrieval sites to assure downwind coverage. Although the new units did not detect radionuclide increases above background levels, they provided an increased measure of protection and advanced warning (Schmidt et al, 1995).…”

Hanford site near-facility environmental monitoring annual report, calendar year 1996

“…The field-instrument readings for the vegetation ranged from less than less than 1 mradm (-100 cpm) to 210 mradm (>l ,OOO,OOO cpm). During 1996, the numbers of contaminated vegetation samples, radioactivity levels, and range of radionuclide concentrations were all within historical ranges (Schmidt et al 1996). Historically the greatest number of contaminated vegetation samples (42) were submitted for analyses in 1978.…”

Preoperational Environmental Survey for the Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Project Facilities

“…Environmental monitoring efforts to determine radionuclide levels in the 100 K and 200 East Areas have been conducted by Rockwell Hanford Operations and Westinghouse Hanford Company in association with the burial grounds, liquid waste disposal facilities, and waste management activities conducted within and around these sites (Panesko et al 1977;Panesko et al 1978;Houston and Blumer 1978, 1979a, 1979bSchmidt et al , 1991Schmidt et al , 1992aSchmidt et al , 1992bSchmidt et al , 1996Perkins 1988Perkins , 1990Perkins , 1991Perkins , 1992. Since October 1997 this monitoring has been conducted by Waste Management Technical Services (WMTS) for Fluor Hanford (FH) .…”