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Title: Environmental aspects of the June 16, 1995 tritium release from the Savannah River Site

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/224255· OSTI ID:224255

On June 16, 995 approximately 10,700 Ci of elemental tritium (HT) were released through a 200 ft stack during a welding operation in H-area while stainless steel containers were being prepared for burial. The workers immediately evacuated the room and H-area personnel were instructed to remain indoors for 30 minutes. The dose at the site boundary was calculated with the WINDS system atmospheric transport model to be 3x10{sup -6} mrem, a value one-hundred million times smaller than the yearly average dose for SRS area (300 mrem). The plume moved in a west south-west direction and crossed the Savannah River into Georgia about

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-89SR18035
OSTI ID:
224255
Report Number(s):
WSRC-RP-95-725; ON: DE96009337; TRN: 96:012789
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English