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Savannah River Site environmental report for 1989

The purpose of this report is to meet three of the primary objectives of the Savannah River Site (SRS) environmental monitoring program. These objectives are to assess actual or potential exposures to populations form the presence of radioactive and nonradioactive materials from normal operations or nonroutine occurrences; to demonstrate compliance with applicable authorized limits and legal requirements; and to communicate results of the monitoring program to the public. This 1989 report conta… more

Date: January 1, 1989

Creator: Cummins, C. L.; Martin, D. K. & Todd, J. L.

Item Type: Report

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Quarry geotechnical report for the Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project, Weldon Spring, Missouri

This report has been prepared for the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project (WSSRAP) by the Project Management Contractor (PMC), which is MK-Ferguson Company (MK-Ferguson) with Jacobs Engineering Group (JEG) as its designated subcontractor. The Weldon Spring site (WSS) comprises the Weldon Spring quarry area and the Weldon Spring chemical plant and raffinate pit areas. This report presents the results of geotechnical investigations conducted durin… more

Date: November 1, 1990

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Radiological effects of SRS operations, 1988

A discussion of the offsite effective dose equivalents reported for 1988 SRS releases serves as the basis for this report. Detailed analyses of atmospheric and liquid release trends and their consequences in terms of relative importance among facilities, radionuclides, and exposure pathways have also been included. Releases of radioactivity to the atmosphere were generally lower in 1988 than in 1987. No major unplanned tritium releases were recorded during the year. However, there were three in… more

Date: October 25, 1989

Creator: Bauer, L.R.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Estimates of Columbia River radionuclide concentrations: Data for Phase 1 dose calculations

Pacific Northwest Laboratory is conducting the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project to estimate the radiation doses people may have received from historical Hanford Site operations. Under the direction of an independent Technical Steering Panel, the project is being conducted in phases. The objective of the first phase is to assess the feasibility of the project-wide technical approach for acquiring data and developing models needed to calculate potential radiation doses. This repo… more

Date: May 1, 1991

Creator: Richmond, M. C. & Walters, W. H.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Deschutes River Spawning Gravel Study, Volume II, Appendices I-XIV, Final Report.

Spawning habitat in the Deschutes River was inventoried, gravel permeability and composition were sampled at selected gravel bars, historical flow records for the Deschutes were analyzed, salmon and trout utilization of spawning habitat was examined, and potential methods of enhancing spawning habitat in the river were explored. Some changes in river conditions since the mid-1960's were identified, including a reduction in spawning habitat immediately downstream from the hydroelectric complex. … more

Date: September 1, 1985

Creator: Huntington, Charles W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The trend of contamination in the air, Columbia River, rain, sanitary water, vegetation, and wastes, at the Hanford Works and vicinity for the period October, November, December 1947

This report summarizes the contamination observed at the Hanford Works and vicinity for the period October, November, and December, 1947. Trend charts showing trend of contamination for the various sampling locations are only included where a true trend can be established for the three month period; a thorough analysis of all trends will be considered in detail in the annual report from this section. The report is divided into the following topic sections: Meteorological -- dissolving data; bet… more

Date: March 20, 1948

Creator: Singlevich, W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Augmented Fish Health Monitoring, 1987-1988 Annual Report.

Augmented Fish Health Monitoring Contract DE-AI79-87BP35585 was implemented on July 20, 1987. First year highlights included remodeling of the Olympia (WA) Fish Health Center to provide laboratory space for histopathological support services to participating state agencies, acquisition of gas monitoring equipment for hatchery water systems, expanded disease detection work for bacterial kidney disease and erythrocytic inclusion body syndrome in fish stocks at 13 Columbia River Basin National Fis… more

Date: August 1, 1988

Creator: Warren, James W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Use of a Fish Transportation Barge for Increasing Returns of Steelhead Imprinted for Homing, 1986 Annual Report.

In 1982, the National Marine Fisheries Service began a 6-year study to determine if transporting steelhead, Salmo gairdneri, smolts by barge from Dworshak National Fish Hatchery (NFH) to a release site on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam would result in increased returns of adults to the various fisheries and to the hatchery homing site. During 1982 and 1983, over 500,000 juveniles were marked and serially released as controls from the hatchery or barged as test fish to below Bonneville … more

Date: June 1, 1987

Creator: Harmon, Jerrel R.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Unsteady flow model of Priest Rapids Dam releases at Hanford Reach, Columbia River, Washington

A model was developed to simulate water levels at three locations on the Columbia River between Priest Rapids Dam River Mile 396.1 (River Kilometer 639.0) and River Mile 361.50 (River Kilometer 581.7). The model was calibrated and verified over a range of flows. The results of calibration and verification indicate that the model, with reasonable accuracy, simulates stages to within +-0.08 m (+- 0.25 ft) and surface wave timing to within +-20 min. The model can be used by researchers, river syst… more

Date: February 1, 1983

Creator: Sneider, S.C. & Skaggs, R.L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project Monthly Report

The objective of the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project is to estimate the radiation doses that populations could have received from nuclear operations at Hanford since 1944. The project is being managed and conducted by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) under the direction of an independent Technical Steering Panel (TSP). The TSP consists of experts in environmental pathways, epidemiology, surface-water transport, ground-water transport, statistics, demography, agriculture,… more

Date: February 1, 1991

Creator: Finch, S.M. (comp.)

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project Monthly Report

The objective of the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project is to estimate the radiation doses that populations could have received from nuclear operations at Hanford since 1944. The project is being managed and conducted by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) under the direction of an independent Technical Steering Panel (TSP). The project is divided into the technical tasks which correspond to the path radionuclides followed, from release to impact on humans (dose estimates): so… more

Date: March 1, 1991

Creator: Finch, S.M. (comp.)

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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BIODOSE: a code for predicting the dose to man from radionuclides released from underground nuclear waste repositories

The BIODOSE computer program simulates the environmental transport of radionuclides released to surface water and predicts the resulting dosage to humans. This report describes the program and discusses its use in the evaluation of nuclear waste repositories. The methods used to estimate dose are examined critically, and the most important parameters in each stage of the calculations are identified as an aid in planning for measurements in the field. Dose predictions from releases of nuclear wa… more

Date: March 1, 1980

Creator: Bonner, N. A. & Ng, Y. C.

Item Type: Report

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Fifteenmile Basin Habitat Enhancement Project: Annual Report FY 1988.

The goal of the Fifteenmile Creek Habitat Enhancement Project is to improve wild winter steelhead in the Fifteenmile Creek Basin under the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. The project is funded by through the Bonneville Power Administration. Cooperators in the habitat enhancement project include the USDA Forest Service, Wasco County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Confederated Tribes of the Warms Springs. Installation of instream fish habitat structures was completed… more

Date: April 1, 1989

Creator: Smith, Roger C. & Marx, Steven D.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Master schedule for CY-1980 Hanford Environmental Surveillance Routine Program

The current schedule of data collection for the routine environmental surveillance program at the Hanford Site is presented. The enviromental surveillance program objectives are to evaluate the levels of radioactive and nonradioactive pollutants in the Hanford environs, as required in Manual Chapter 0513, and to monitor Hanford operations for compliance with applicable environmental criteria given in Manual Chapter 0524 and Washington State Water Quality Standards. Data are reported on the foll… more

Date: December 1, 1979

Creator: Blumer, P. J.; Houston, J. R. & Eddy, P. A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Model assessment of protective barrier designs: Part 2

Protective barriers are being considered for use at the Hanford Site to enhance the isolation of radioactive wastes from water, plant, and animal intrusion. This study assesses the effectiveness of protective barriers for isolation of wastes from water. In this report, barrier designs are reviewed and several barrier modeling assumptions are tested. 20 refs., 16 figs., 6 tabs.

Date: November 1, 1987

Creator: Fayer, M.J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Augmented Fish Health Monitoring, 1987 Annual Report.

Washington Department of Fisheries has divided the sampling and data collection into three major groups: adult analysis, juvenile analysis and database development. The adult analysis done at spawning includes screening for viral pathogens and Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD). Pre-spawning mortalities are sampled for the presence of bacterial pathogens and parasites to determine causes of pre-spawning loss. Juvenile analysis involves monthly monitoring; pre-release examinations for viral pathogen… more

Date: April 1, 1989

Creator: Michak, Patty

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Salmon River Habitat Enhancement, Part 1 of 2, 1986 Annual Report.

The tribal project annual report contains reports for four subprojects within Project 83-359. Subproject I involved fish inventories in Bear Valley Creek, Idaho, that will be used in conjunction with 1984 and 1985 fish and habitat pre-treatment (baseline) data to evaluate effects of habitat enhancement on the habitat and fish community in Bear Valley Creek overtime. Subproject II is the coordination/planning activities of the Project Leader in relation to other BPA-funded habitat enhancement pr… more

Date: March 1, 1987

Creator: Richards, Carl

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Health risk assessment for the Building 3001 Storage Canal at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

This human health risk assessment has been prepared for the Environmental Restoration (ER) Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The objectives of this risk assessment are to evaluate the alternatives for interim closure of the Building 3001 Storage Canal and to identify the potential health risk from an existing leak in the canal. The Building 3001 Storage Canal connects Buildings 3001 and 3019. The volume of water in the canal is monitored and kept constan… more

Date: December 1, 1991

Creator: Chidambariah, V. & White, R. K.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Survey of Columbia River Basin Streams for Giant Columbia River Spire Snail Fluminicola columbiana and Great Columbia River limpet Fisherola nuttalli

Surveys have confirmed the survival of both the giant Columbia River spire snail Fluminicola columbiana and the great Columbia River limpet Fisherola nuttalli in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, Washington State, as well as other sites in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. A review of historical collection records suggests that both species exist in still other sites of the Columbia River Basin. At present, there is insufficient information to allow adequate appraisal of either species rela… more

Date: October 1, 1989

Creator: Neitzel, D. A.; Frest, T. J. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA) & Washington Univ., Seattle, WA (USA))

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Loss Assessment at Green Peter-Foster Project; Middle Fork Santiam River, Oregon, 1985 Final Report.

A habitat based assessment was conducted of the US Army Corps of Engineers' Green Peter-Foster Dam and Reservoir Project on the Middle Fork Santiam River, Oregon, to determine losses or gains resulting from the development and operation of the hydroelectric related components of the project. Preconstruction, postconstruction, and recent vegetation cover types at the project site were mapped based on aerial photographs from 1955, 1972, and 1979, respectively. Vegetation cover types were identifi… more

Date: February 1, 1986

Creator: Noyes, J. H.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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White River Falls Fish Passage Project, Tygh Valley, Oregon: Final Technical Report, Volume 1

Studies were conducted to describe current habitat conditions in the White River basin above White River Falls and to evaluate the potential to produce anadromous fish. An inventory of spawning and rearing habitats, irrigation diversions, and enhancement opportunities for anadromous fish in the White River drainage was conducted. Survival of juvenile fish at White River Falls was estimated by releasing juvenile chinook and steelhead above the falls during high and low flow periods and recapturi… more

Date: June 1985

Creator: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Radioactive contamination in the environs of the Hanford Works for the period April, May, June 1949

This report summarizes the measurements made for radioactive contamination in the environs of the Hanford Works for the quarter April through June 1949. This belated document is issued for the records to fill in the gap for the quarterly reports not issued in 1949 because of personnel shortage at that time. Although the data summarized in this report were already reported in the H. I. Evirons Reports for the months involved, it is still of value to study the data combining the three months of d… more

Date: April 3, 1950

Creator: Paas, H.J. & Singlevich, W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Native American fishery issues: Hanford involvement in evaluation of the Zone 6 fishery

Native American fishers are concerned about the deteriorating quality of salmon and other fish caught from the Columbia River. They fear salmon are not healthy and that eating the fish could Jeopardize the health of Native Americans. In 1991, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). with the assistance of the Yakima Indian Nation (YIN). monitored the salmon and steelhead fishery in the lower Columbia River (Zone 6 fishery). PNL biologists set up a hot-line'' for Native American fishers to call i… more

Date: July 1, 1992

Creator: Abernethy, C.S.; Neitzel, D.A. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)) & Strom, G. (Yakima Indian Nation, Toppenish, WA (United States))

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Supplements to the release scenario analyses for the waste isolation pilot plant (WIPP)

This paper summarizes three analyses of long-term environmental impacts of the WIPP that were made subsequent to the publication of the DEIS in response to agency and public comments. Three supplemental scenarios are described in which activity is transported to the biosphere by groundwater. The scenarios are entitled: brine pocket rupture scenario, effects of water on domestic wells; and agricultural use of the Pecos River Water.

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Bingham, F. W.; Merritt, M. L. & Tierney, M. S.

Item Type: Article

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