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:
Second Quarter 2002
September 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
• Drinking Water
• Surface Water

5. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND WILDLIFE SAMPLING

• Milk Sampling
• Sheep Sampling
• Large Game Animal Sampling

6. Environmental Radiation
7. Summary and Conclusions
8. 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 (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-2 Weekly Iodine-131 Activity in Air (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-3 Quarterly Cesium-137, Amerecium-241, Plutonium-238, Plutonium-239/240, & Strontium-90 Concentrations in Composited Air Filters (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-4 Tritium concentrations in Atmospheric Moisture
• Table C-5 PM10 Concentrations at Atomic City, Blackfoot CMS, and Rexburg CMS (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-6 Weekly and Monthly Tritium concentrations in Precipitation (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-7 Bi-annual Gross Alpha, Gross Beta and Tritium Concentrations in Drinking and Surface Water (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-8:  Weekly and Monthly Iodine-131 and Cesium-137 Concentrations in Milk
• Table C-9:  Bi-annual Strontium-90 Concentrations in Milk
• Table C-10: Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Sheep
• Table C-11:  Environmental Radiation Results

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. April gross alpha concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 4. May gross alpha concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 5. June 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 for the second quarter 2002.
• Figure 7. April gross beta concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 8. May gross beta concentrations in air at ESER Program INEEL, Boundary, and Distant locations.
• Figure 9. June 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. Drinking and Surface Water Sampling locations.
• Figure 12. ESER Program milk sampling locations.
• Figure 13. Grazing and land ownership on and around the INEEL. .
• Figure 14. TLD sampling locations.
  

LIST OF TABLES

• Table 1. Summary of 24-hour PM₁₀ values (µg/m3).
• Table 2 Drinking water gross beta results greater than (>) 2s
• Table 3 Surface water gross beta results greater than (>) 2s
• Table 4 TLD Exposures from November 2001 to May 2002
• 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 (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-2 Weekly Iodine-131 Activity in Air (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-3 Quarterly Cesium-137, Amerecium-241, Plutonium-238, Plutonium-239/240, & Strontium-90 Concentrations in Composited Air Filters (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-4 Tritium concentrations in Atmospheric Moisture
• Table C-5 PM10 Concentrations at Atomic City, Blackfoot CMS, and Rexburg CMS (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-6 Monthly and Weekly Tritium concentrations in Precipitation (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-7 Bi-annual Gross Alpha, Gross Beta and Tritium Concentrations in Drinking and Surface Water (2nd Quarter 2002)
• Table C-8:  Weekly and Monthly Iodine-131 and Cesium-137 Concentrations in Milk
• Table C-9:  Bi-annual Strontium-90 Concentrations in Milk
• Table C-10: Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 Concentrations in Sheep
• Table C-11:  Environmental Radiation 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.

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