Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued orders 5400.1 and 5400.5 to ensure the well-being of the general public from the harmful effects of operating a DOE facility. A program must be implemented in order to establish standards and requirements for operations of DOE facilities with respect to protection of the general public and the environment against any undue risk from radioactivity (USDOE 1994b). Such a program is to be described in the facility's Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP). An environmental surveillance program represents half of the facility's EMP. The other half is an effluent monitoring program. Argonne National Laboratory-West (ANL-W) is a DOE facility which does not currently have an environmental surveillance program. This document provides a suggested design and initiates the development of an environmental surveillance network at ANL-W. Airborne radiological pathways due to release from ANL-W were modeled using CAP88PC to determine locations at which the highest concentrations of radionuclides would occur. Monitoring criteria were established and five environmental monitoring locations were selected. Each monitoring location is equipped to sample for each of the radionuclides of primary importance, as well as, the ambient gamma radiation background both in real time and as a cumulative dose.
Tharakan, Binesh Korah (1997). The design and development of an environmental surveillance network at Argonne National Laboratory-West. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -1997 -THESIS -T456.