402-R-05-014
ENVIRONMENTAL
RADIATION
DATA
REPORT 124
October - December 2005
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
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Contents
Page
List of Tables v
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Data Reporting Conventions xi
1. Air Program 1
Airborne Particulates and Precipitation 1
Plutonium and Uranium in Airborne Particulates 12
Beta Activity in Precipitation 12
2. Water Program 15
3. Milk Program 27
Pasteurized Milk 27
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List of Tables
Table Page
1 Reporting Units and Minimum Detectable Concentrations xiii
2 Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates: October 2005 2
3 Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates: November 2005 4
4 Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates: December 2005 6
5 Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation: October 2005 8
6 Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation: November 2005 9
7 Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation: December 2005 10
8 Tritium in Precipitation: October - December 2005 11
9 Plutonium and Uranium in Airborne Particulates: January - December
2005 Composites 13
10 Tritium in Drinking Water: October - December 2005 16
11 Plutonium and Uranium Analyses of Selected Drinking Water Composite
Samples: January - December 2005 18
12 Iodine-131 in Drinking Water: January - December 2005 19
13 Alpha, Beta, and Sr-90 Concentrations in Drinking Water: January -
December 2005 Composites 21
14 Radium-226, -228 and Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Drinking Water:
January - December 2005 Composites 24
15 Radionuclides in Pasteurized Milk: October - December 2005 28
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Preface
Environmental Radiation Data(EKD) is compiled and published quarterly by the Office of
Radiation and Indoor Air's National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL) in
Montgomery, Alabama, and contains data from the RadNet monitoring system (formerly
ERAMS). ERD is published in both hard-copy and electronic formats. Electronic reports are
available online at www.epa.gov/narel.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency established RadNet in 1973 with an
emphasis on identifying trends in the accumulation of long-lived radionuclides in the environ-
ment. RadNet is comprised of a nationwide network of sampling stations that provide air
particulate, precipitation, drinking water, and milk samples.
Sampling locations are selected to provide population and geographic coverage for the United
States. The radiation analyses performed on these samples include gross alpha and gross beta
analysis, gamma analyses, and radionuclide-specific analyses for uranium, plutonium, strontium,
iodine, radium, and tritium. This monitoring effort also provides ancillary information on natural
background levels and on routine and accidental releases into the environment from stationary
sources.
The radiochemical procedures used by NAREL to analyze the RadNet samples are contained in
the NAREL Radiochemistry Procedures Manual. Station operation and sample collection are in
accordance with procedures contained in theERAMSManual(EPA 520/5-84-007, 008, 009).
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Acknowledgments
All sampling for the RadNet monitoring system (formerly ERAMS) is performed by volunteer
collectors who are frequently members of health departments or related environmental agencies
of their respective states. The National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL),
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, would like to acknowledge the time and
effort of these volunteer collectors, who are so essential to the successful operation of RadNet.
The efforts of the sample collectors are especially appreciated during times of emergency
operation when sampling frequencies are increased and schedules are sometimes demanding.
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Data Reporting Conventions
Every laboratory measurement involves uncertainty. When there is little or no radioactivity in a
sample, one consequence of measurement uncertainty is the possibility of obtaining a measured
value that is less than zero. Such a negative result occurs when random effects in the measure-
ment process cause the measured value for the sample to be less than that of the blank or back-
ground, which is subtracted from it. From April 1991 to December 1995, negative results were
reported as "not detected" or "ND," and gamma analysis results that were less than their
estimated measurement uncertainties were also reported as "ND." In January 1996, both of these
practices were discontinued. Although negative activities are physically impossible, the inclusion
of negative results in the report allows better statistical analysis of the data.
Results of gamma analyses are still reported as "ND" when gamma-emitting radionuclides
not detected.
are
Measurement Uncertainty
Each measured valuers reported with an expanded uncertainty U=kuc(y), which is determined
from the combined standard uncertainty uc(y) and the coverage factor k=1. The interval from
y - Utoy+ Uis estimated to have a level of confidence of approximately 95 %.
Significant Figures
Expanded uncertainties are reported to two significant figures. Measurement results are rounded
to the corresponding number of decimal places.
Detection Capability
The minimum detectable concentrations (MDCs) for each radionuclide are shown in Table 1.
The MDC is defined as the minimum concentration that gives a 95 % probability of detection
when the detection criteria are chosen to give only a 5 % probability of false detection in a
sample that is analyte-free.
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Table 1
Reporting Units and Minimum Detectable Concentrations
for Radionuclide Analyses
Radionuclide
Gross Alpha
Gross Beta
Tritium
* Plutonium-23 8,23 9/240
f Uranium-234,235,238
Radium-226
Strontium-90
{ Iodine-131
Cesium- 137
{ Barium-140
Potassium
Potassium-40
Media
Water
Air
Water
Precipitation
Water
Milk
Air
Water
Air
Water
Water
Milk
Water
Milk (gamma)
Water (gamma)
Water
Milk
Water
Milk
Water
Milk
Water
Water
Reporting Unit
pCi/L
pCi/m3
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
aCi/m3
pCi/L
aCi/m3
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
pCi/L
g/L
g/L
pCi/L
Minimum
Detectable
Concentration
2
0.0015
2
2
150
150
0.75
0.1
0.75
0.1
0.02
2
1
4
4
0.3
5
5
15
15
0.06
0.06
50
* The MDC for air is based on an assumed total sample volume of 120,000 m3. Measurement by alpha
spectrometry includes combined activities of 239Pu and 240Pu, since the relative contributions of these two
isotopes cannot be determined.
f The MDC for air is based on an assumed total sample volume of 120,000 m3.
J Activity as of the day of counting.
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1. Air Program
Airborne Particulates and Precipitation
Gross beta radioactivity measurements and certain specific analyses are performed on air
particulates and precipitation samples as indicator measurements in assessing the general
(national) impact of all contributing sources on environmental levels of radiation. Airborne
particulates are collected continuously at field stations representing wide geographic coverage
throughout the United States.
Filters (10-cm diameter synthetic fiber) from air samplers are changed twice weekly and field
measurements are made with a G-M survey meter 5 hours after collection to allow natural radon
isotopes and their progeny to decay. Field estimates are reported to appropriate EPA officials by
telephone or mail depending on the activity levels found.
The filters are sent to NAREL for more sensitive analysis in a low background beta counter.
Gamma scans are performed on all filters showing gross beta activity greater than 1 pCi/m3. The
laboratory obtained values are usually lower than the field estimates because of the decay of
naturally occurring radionuclides during the time between the two measurements.
Precipitation samples are collected at most field stations that collect air filters. These samples are
also sent to NAREL where they are composited monthly for gamma scans, tritium, and gross beta
activity measurements.
A compilation of individual measurements is available from the National Air and Radiation
Environmental Laboratory, 540 South Morris Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36115-2601.
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Table 2
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
October 2005
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: San Francisco
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DC: Washington
DE: Wilmington
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
IA: Iowa City
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Chicago
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Topeka
MA: Boston
ME: Augusta
MI: Detroit
MI: Lansing
MN: Minneapolis
MS: Jackson
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NH: Concord
NJ: Trenton
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas/9 13
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OH: Ross
ON: Ottawa
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
Number
of
Samples
9
6
4
8
4
3
8
9
9
9
8
5
9
9
6
8
5
9
4
9
9
4
8
4
4
5
8
6
4
8
4
7
9
7
8
4
8
9
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.1 0.3
1.0 0.2 0.4
0.1 0.0 0.0
1.3 0.1 0.7
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.9 0.3 0.5
0.4 0.0 0.1
1.1 0.6 0.9
0.5 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
1.5 0.4 1.0
0.4 0.2 0.3
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.4 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
1.5 0.2 0.9
0.6 0.1 0.2
0.4 0.0 0.1
2.5 0.6 1.4
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.6 0.1 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
1.4 0.1 0.3
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.016 0.005 0.011
0.024 0.006 0.013
0.015 0.011 0.013
0.023 0.013 0.019
0.007 0.004 0.005
0.004 0.003 0.004
0.018 0.006 0.011
0.009 0.002 0.005
0.011 0.002 0.007
0.013 0.002 0.007
0.014 0.002 0.006
0.013 0.006 0.010
0.013 0.003 0.008
0.013 0.006 0.009
0.012 0.003 0.008
0.020 0.004 0.010
0.019 0.005 0.012
0.014 0.000 0.006
0.007 0.002 0.004
0.025 0.002 0.008
0.025 0.003 0.009
0.012 0.006 0.008
0.022 0.006 0.014
0.012 0.007 0.010
0.017 0.003 0.009
0.025 0.008 0.015
0.011 0.002 0.005
0.007 0.001 0.005
0.008 0.004 0.007
0.009 0.004 0.006
0.011 0.004 0.006
0.014 0.003 0.009
0.007 0.001 0.004
0.016 0.003 0.007
0.020 0.004 0.011
0.008 0.001 0.004
0.008 0.003 0.005
0.018 0.001 0.008
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Table 2 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
October 2005
Location
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SD: Pierre
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/Bethel
TN: Oak Ridge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 E
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 W
TX: Austin
TX: Dallas
TX: El Paso
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
WA: Spokane
Number
of
Samples
2
9
1
6
7
5
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
5
8
9
8
9
8
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.9 0.1 0.4
1.9 0.0 0.5
0.6 0.1 0.3
2.0 0.4 1.0
2.2 0.4 1.3
2.3 0.5 1.3
2.3 0.4 1.0
0.7 0.3 0.5
0.3 0.0 0.2
0.4 0.1 0.3
0.9 0.3 0.6
0.3 0.0 0.1
1.0 0.1 0.5
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.6 0.2 0.3
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.004 0.003 0.004
0.019 0.003 0.008
0.008 0.008 0.008
0.029 0.004 0.011
0.027 0.004 0.013
0.040 0.007 0.020
0.021 0.005 0.014
0.022 0.004 0.014
0.024 0.005 0.014
0.027 0.006 0.015
0.025 0.006 0.015
0.024 0.005 0.015
0.023 0.007 0.014
0.018 0.006 0.012
0.023 0.007 0.013
0.015 0.006 0.011
0.014 0.004 0.009
0.005 0.003 0.004
0.018 0.004 0.009
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Table 3
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
November 2005
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: San Francisco
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DC: Washington
DE: Wilmington
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
IA: Iowa City
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Chicago
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Topeka
MA: Boston
ME: Augusta
MI: Detroit
MI: Lansing
MN: Minneapolis
MN: St. Paul
MS: Jackson
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NH: Concord
NJ: Trenton
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas/9 13
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OH: Ross
ON: Ottawa
OR: Portland
Number
of
Samples
8
4
5
7
5
4
7
8
8
8
7
4
8
8
6
8
3
6
4
7
8
3
2
7
5
5
7
8
7
5
5
5
8
8
8
9
5
8
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.3 0.5
0.4 0.2 0.3
0.5 0.0 0.2
2.4 0.3 0.8
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.3 0.6
0.3 0.1 0.2
1.3 0.7 1.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
1.2 0.2 0.7
0.2 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
1.2 0.2 0.7
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.5 0.1 0.3
2.9 1.4 2.5
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.0 0.2
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.013 0.006 0.010
0.017 0.011 0.013
0.025 0.013 0.019
0.032 0.013 0.018
0.019 0.003 0.010
0.021 0.003 0.008
0.011 0.005 0.008
0.015 0.003 0.007
0.015 0.005 0.009
0.017 0.007 0.012
0.010 0.004 0.008
0.011 0.008 0.010
0.019 0.006 0.012
0.024 0.004 0.010
0.019 0.008 0.012
0.014 0.007 0.010
0.023 0.011 0.015
0.018 0.004 0.011
0.008 0.004 0.007
0.016 0.003 0.010
0.017 0.005 0.012
0.017 0.011 0.015
0.009 0.007 0.008
0.015 0.008 0.011
0.028 0.008 0.017
0.013 0.007 0.010
0.034 0.006 0.014
0.011 0.003 0.007
0.016 0.008 0.011
0.012 0.007 0.010
0.012 0.007 0.009
0.013 0.006 0.010
0.021 0.006 0.015
0.012 0.003 0.006
0.011 0.004 0.008
0.014 0.008 0.011
0.007 0.004 0.005
0.009 0.002 0.005
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Table 3 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
November 2005
Location
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SD: Pierre
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/Bethel
TN: Oak Ridge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 E
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 W
TX: Austin
TX: Dallas
TX: El Paso
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
WA: Spokane
Number
of
Samples
7
6
8
1
4
6
6
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
4
7
8
5
8
9
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.2 0.4
0.4 0.0 0.1
0.3 0.1 0.2
1.0 0.3 0.5
1.6 0.2 0.7
1.3 0.3 0.5
1.3 0.2 0.6
0.6 0.2 0.3
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.3
2.2 0.2 1.0
0.8 0.0 0.2
0.8 0.1 0.4
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.018 0.007 0.014
0.012 0.005 0.009
0.015 0.006 0.012
0.015 0.015 0.015
0.015 0.008 0.010
0.013 0.005 0.009
0.025 0.014 0.019
0.023 0.010 0.015
0.017 0.011 0.014
0.018 0.011 0.014
0.017 0.009 0.013
0.019 0.011 0.015
0.019 0.010 0.016
0.013 0.006 0.009
0.017 0.009 0.012
0.026 0.010 0.016
0.039 0.005 0.015
0.012 0.009 0.010
0.010 0.002 0.005
0.038 0.003 0.013
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Table 4
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
December 2005
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: San Francisco
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DC: Washington
DE: Wilmington
FL: Jacksonville
FL: Miami
GA: Atlanta
IA: Iowa City
ID: Idaho Falls
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Topeka
MA: Boston
ME: Augusta
MI: Detroit
MI: Lansing
MN: St. Paul
MS: Jackson
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NH: Concord
NJ: Trenton
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas/9 13
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OH: Ross
ON: Ottawa
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
Number
of
Samples
9
5
4
7
4
4
7
9
9
7
9
7
2
8
9
9
1
9
3
7
9
4
7
7
3
5
9
9
2
7
4
6
9
7
9
6
8
9
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.3 0.4
0.7 0.2 0.5
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.2 0.2 0.5
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.5 0.5
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.7 0.0 0.3
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.1 0.3
0.8 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.1 0.1
1.5 0.0 0.8
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.017 0.008 0.012
0.026 0.012 0.019
0.028 0.015 0.020
0.064 0.011 0.033
0.021 0.002 0.011
0.014 0.002 0.008
0.016 0.004 0.010
0.012 0.004 0.008
0.019 0.008 0.011
0.024 0.008 0.014
0.011 0.005 0.007
0.011 0.008 0.009
0.016 0.011 0.014
0.036 0.008 0.019
0.036 0.002 0.014
0.027 0.008 0.013
0.012 0.012 0.012
0.022 0.006 0.014
0.012 0.008 0.010
0.025 0.006 0.014
0.023 0.005 0.015
0.021 0.008 0.014
0.019 0.007 0.013
0.021 0.008 0.015
0.013 0.011 0.012
0.026 0.008 0.015
0.017 0.005 0.010
0.022 0.002 0.013
0.009 0.007 0.008
0.022 0.003 0.010
0.013 0.007 0.011
0.040 0.012 0.021
0.015 0.005 0.008
0.015 0.005 0.010
0.025 0.008 0.014
0.011 0.004 0.007
0.029 0.001 0.010
0.020 0.009 0.014
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Table 4 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
December 2005
Location
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
SC: Columbia
SD: Pierre
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/Bethel
TN: Oak Ridge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 E
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 W
TX: Austin
TX: Dallas
TX: El Paso
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
WA: Spokane
Number
of
Samples
2
9
3
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
6
8
9
6
8
9
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.5 0. 0.3
0.7 0. 0.4
0.5 0. 0.3
0.5 0. 0.3
0.3 0. 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.4 0.2 0.3
1.9 0.5 0.9
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.1 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.016 0.007 0.012
0.019 0.008 0.013
0.009 0.008 0.009
0.031 0.002 0.014
0.028 0.014 0.018
0.036 0.011 0.019
0.018 0.009 0.013
0.021 0.010 0.014
0.023 0.010 0.015
0.024 0.011 0.015
0.029 0.012 0.018
0.026 0.009 0.014
0.024 0.008 0.015
0.040 0.007 0.021
0.028 0.003 0.015
0.015 0.008 0.011
0.017 0.002 0.007
0.052 0.003 0.023
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Table 5
Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation
October 2005
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DE: Wilmington
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
IA: Iowa City
ID: Idaho Falls
MA: Boston
MN: Minneapolis
NC: Charlotte
ND: Bismarck
NH: Concord
NM: Santa Fe
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TX: Austin
TX: El Paso
UT: Salt Lake City
WA: Olympia
Gross Beta
Activity
pCi/L ±2«
0.38 0.28
1.13 0.34
0.29 0.27
0.25 0.28
0.24 0.28
3.43 0.52
1.14 0.37
1.91 0.41
0.62 0.31
1.00 0.33
0.09 0.25
1.99 0.42
0.23 0.25
0.48 0.29
1.02 0.32
3.81 0.49
0.93 0.32
0.43 0.29
0.34 0.27
6.54 0.65
1.15 0.36
1.66 0.36
0.32 0.29
0.40 0.28
2.41 0.45
0.46 0.29
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
ND
ND
Be7 23 14
ND
ND
ND
ND
Be7 29 23
Pb212 3.3 4.4
Ra224 18 22
Be7 49 15
Be7 49 21
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
Pb212 3.6 7.5
ND
Be7 35 24
Bi212 47 29
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
K40 17 29
ND
Note: ND = Not Detected
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Table 6
Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation
November 2005
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
CA: Richmond
CT: Hartford
DE: Wilmington
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
IA: Iowa City
ID: Idaho Falls
MA: Boston
MI: Lansing
MN: Minneapolis
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NH: Concord
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TX: Austin
TX: Dallas
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
Gross Beta
Activity
pCi/L ±2«
0.45 0.28
0.98 0.34
0.47 0.30
1.75 0.37
0.64 0.32
1.10 0.39
1.00 0.34
1.15 0.36
1.25 0.36
2.87 0.44
0.77 0.32
9.97 0.79
0.62 0.31
0.32 0.28
76.2 5.1
2.11 0.39
1.20 0.34
8.41 0.72
2.25 0.40
0.53 0.28
0.57 0.29
37.9 1.5
1.87 0.40
3.34 0.47
0.57 0.31
0.40 0.29
5.77 0.65
3.94 0.49
0.16 0.25
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
K40
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
ND
8 12
ND
92 11
22 37
31 28
ND
ND
ND
87 17
ND
36 15
42 10
14 15
34 26
205 39
26 41
88 25
69 15
Pb212 3.7 5.0
Be7 54 15
Be7
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
Be7
K40
Be7
37 29
42 28
30 39
ND
32.3 8.6
ND
45 24
18 14
28 12
ND
25 17
Note: ND = Not Detected
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Table 7
Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation
December 2005
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
CA: Richmond
CT: Hartford
DE: Wilmington
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
IA: Iowa City
ID: Idaho Falls
MA: Boston
MI: Lansing
MN: Minneapolis
MN: St. Paul
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NH: Concord
NM: Santa Fe
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
Gross Beta
Activity
pCi/L ±2«
1.33 0.35
0.57 0.30
0.26 0.26
0.52 0.29
1.61 0.38
0.31 0.27
0.32 0.27
2.37 0.44
2.20 0.44
0.88 0.31
0.44 0.28
6.32 0.67
1.10 0.36
0.58 0.29
0.33 0.28
34.1 4.0
1.34 0.35
48.9 4.6
1.15 0.35
2.26 0.42
0.27 0.26
0.75 0.31
16.45 0.97
0.80 0.32
0.77 0.31
2.61 0.47
8.25 0.68
0.63 0.29
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
T1208
Be7
Pb212
Be7
K40
Pb212
Be7
Pb212
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
T1208
Pb212
T1208
Be7
63 15
ND
24 40
29.6 9.4
68 17
ND
54 30
31 23
1.6 3.2
30 27
3.6 4.3
65 16
13 12
ND
ND
4.2 6.3
45 33
4.3 6.5
ND
87 31
45 28
272 37
45 16
3.1 3.7
ND
ND
ND
4.7 6.0
ND
ND
2.2 3.6
26 26
Note: ND = Not Detected
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Table 8
Tritium in Precipitation
October - December 2005
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DE: Wilmington
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
IA: Iowa City
ID: Idaho Falls
MA: Boston
MI: Lansing
MN: Minneapolis
MN: St. Paul
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NH: Concord
NM: Santa Fe
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TX: Austin
TX: Dallas
TX: El Paso
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
October 2005
pCi/L ±2u
-10 80
NS
NS
26 81
-30 81
-88 78
-42 80
-42 80
59 82
1720 140
16 83
NS
-41 78
NS
-43 81
NS
-16 79
-44 80
356 96
-19 81
-63 79
75 83
-10 79
-35 79
57 83
-18 81
550 100
47 82
NS
16 80
59 83
NS
16 80
November 2005
pCi/L ±2«
NS
52 77
22 75
NS
-38 81
-4 82
-31 81
-53 79
12 82
68 78
-5 81
-18 81
52 77
NS
-25 80
-41 80
39 76
-75 78
NS
-44 79
-46 80
-52 79
0 75
-20 80
-36 81
-48 79
-2 81
57 76
59 77
NS
79 78
-87 78
142 81
December 2005
pCi/L ±2«
70 79
27 77
55 78
NS
-14 82
4 83
-37 81
63 78
70 79
14 76
-63 81
25 76
41 77
49 78
-19 82
-82 81
48 78
-12 82
18 77
-68 80
-86 79
NS
24 78
-41 81
35 78
55 78
158 83
NS
NS
NS
-4 76
-14 82
40 78
Note: NS = No Sample
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Plutonium and Uranium in Airborne Particulates
Environmental radiation levels of plutonium and uranium are determined by the analysis of
annually composited samples (air filters) collected from the continuously operating airborne
particulate samplers.
Concentrations of plutonium-238, combined plutonium-239 and 240, and uranium-234, 235, and
238 are determined by alpha-particle spectrometry following chemical separation. The volume of
air represented by the annual composite typically ranges from 120,000 to 500,000 cubic meters.
Plutonium and uranium results are published when they become available.
Beta Activity in Precipitation
All stations routinely submit precipitation samples as rainfall, snow, or sleet occurs. The
precipitation samples are composited at NAREL into single monthly samples for each station.
Each month that precipitation occurs, an aliquant of the composited sample is analyzed for gross
beta, tritium, and gamma-emitting radionuclides.
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Table 9
Plutonium and Uranium in Airborne Particulates
January - December 2005 Composites
Location
AK: Anchorage
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: San Francisco
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DC: Washington
DE: Wilmington
FL: Jacksonville
FL: Miami
GA: Atlanta
HI: Honolulu
IA: Iowa City
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Chicago
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Kansas City
KS: Topeka
MA: Boston
ME: Augusta
MI: Detroit
MI: Lansing
MN: Minneapolis
MN: St. Paul
MS: Jackson
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NH: Concord
NJ: Trenton
NV: Las Vegas/906
NV: Las Vegas/9 13
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
NY: Yaphank
238pu
aCi/m3 ±2«
-0.3 3.5
1.1 2.6
4.4 2.6
-0.2 2.5
1.9 2.4
0.8 1.8
0.45 0.79
1.3 .3
-0.5 .8
0.3 .8
2.5 4.3
0.2 .2
0.4 .3
-0.5 .4
1.5 .9
0.3 .3
0.0 2.3
0.3 2.4
0.0 3.9
0.16 0.76
0.2 1.4
0.2 1.5
0.6 1.8
0.63 0.98
0.44 0.68
-0.26 0.39
0.02 0.36
0.3 1.6
1.2 3.3
0.22 0.75
0.5 1.3
0.7 1.1
0.7 1.9
11.0 5.2
-0.7 2.8
1.0 1.4
0.0 1.4
-0.2 1.1
239-240pu
aCi/m3 ±2w
0.5 2.3
0.19 0.86
-0.48 0.75
0.6 1.9
0.6 1.2
0.00 0.71
0.00 0.35
0.25 0.54
-0.09 0.60
0.00 0.74
0.5 1.4
-0.08 0.55
0.32 0.82
0.00 0.64
0.6 1.1
-0.17 0.40
0.1 1.0
0.3 1.4
0.7 1.9
0.08 0.36
-0.18 0.59
0.22 0.95
0.23 0.66
0.17 0.50
0.00 0.26
0.04 0.34
-0.03 0.12
0.21 0.78
0.3 1.2
-0.03 0.31
0.00 0.59
0.00 0.43
0.08 0.74
-0.26 0.89
0.0 1.3
0.18 0.80
0.9 1.1
0.17 0.51
234U
aCi/m3 ±2«
8.9 6.1
10.2 2.9
42.9 8.5
64 14
36.9 8.6
11.5 3.4
7.0 2.3
26.1 6.7
9.4 3.4
10.6 3.6
22.6 6.9
10.6 3.8
17.8 4.6
15.5 3.9
7.2 2.5
16.0 4.3
21.0 5.9
30.8 8.9
28.5 9.5
22.0 4.5
23.6 6.3
6.3 2.3
20.8 5.5
26.4 5.4
10.8 2.3
16.1 3.8
2.76 0.80
9.8 3.0
19.8 6.0
10.1 2.3
33.3 7.2
10.6 3.1
14.7 4.1
40.4 9.1
61 13
15.9 5.1
18.1 5.2
6.5 2.1
23SU
aCi/m3 ±2«
0.7 3.1
0.8 1.0
1.8 1.7
4.6 3.9
1.3 1.8
-0.08 0.53
0.55 0.75
2.0 2.1
1.5 1.5
-0.10 0.97
1.5 2.4
0.33 0.95
0.8 1.1
0.48 0.87
0.58 0.89
0.6 1.1
1.8 1.9
1.8 2.4
1.5 2.7
2.2 1.4
1.7 1.9
0.49 0.87
0.8 1.3
2.7 1.6
1.33 0.79
2.7 1.5
0.79 0.46
0.8 1.1
1.0 1.8
1.02 0.73
1.9 1.7
0.49 0.87
0.54 0.96
1.7 2.2
2.3 2.8
0.7 1.5
0.4 1.6
0.53 0.74
238-jj
aCi/m3 ±2«
16.9 8.2
10.5 2.9
40.8 8.2
43 11
24.8 6.8
5.7 2.3
4.7 1.9
27.4 6.8
11.9 3.8
12.9 4.0
19.3 6.3
10.5 3.7
15.6 4.2
14.5 3.7
5.2 2.1
13.2 3.8
17.5 5.3
19.5 6.8
26.6 9.1
17.5 3.9
26.2 6.7
6.6 2.3
14.1 4.4
23.4 5.0
12.3 2.5
15.4 3.7
2.85 0.82
8.1 2.8
23.8 6.7
9.7 2.2
31.5 7.0
13.0 3.5
10.6 3.4
23.9 6.6
33.8 9.4
16.4 5.2
11.4 4.1
5.7 1.9
Note: NA = No Analysis
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Table 9 (continued)
Plutonium and Uranium in Airborne Particulates
January - December 2005 Composites
Location
OH: Painesville
OH: Ross
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SD: Pierre
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/Bethel
TN: Oak Ridge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 E
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 W
TX: Austin
TX: Dallas
TX: El Paso
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
WA: Spokane
238pu
aCi/m3 ±2«
0.09 0.69
0.13 0.98
0.2 1.4
0.1 1.1
1.2 2.7
1.4 2.2
0.29 0.73
0.3 1.5
1.3 1.2
-0.5 2.6
1.3 1.7
0.5 1.3
0.6 1.1
0.28 0.71
0.0 2.3
0.9 1.3
-0.37 0.89
1.4 1.4
4.0 3.1
-0.4 1.5
0.4 1.3
-0.1 2.1
-0.6 1.4
239-240pu
aCi/m3 ±2w
0.00 0.29
0.07 0.60
0.18 0.82
-0.28 0.68
0.1 1.0
-0.34 0.64
0.29 0.53
0.00 0.59
-0.11 0.56
-0.27 0.93
-0.09 0.58
0.00 0.51
0.96 0.81
4.2 1.8
0.1 1.0
-0.1 1.1
-0.09 0.32
0.00 0.54
0.1 1.1
-0.12 0.81
0.33 0.70
-0.19 0.67
-0.28 0.96
234U
aCi/m3 ±2«
12.1 2.4
22.5 5.5
7.5 2.6
9.5 3.2
13.5 4.4
22.5 5.2
7.6 2.0
21.4 4.9
23.7 4.7
23.1 6.7
13.2 4.4
11.2 3.6
17.7 3.6
8.7 2.6
38.2 9.6
75 14
12.3 3.0
16.9 3.8
71 16
30.0 8.0
52.1 8.0
5.3 2.1
22.3 6.7
23SU
aCi/m3 ±2«
2.00 0.89
1.7 1.6
0.45 0.80
1.5 1.5
0.7 1.4
0.6 1.0
0.35 0.48
1.9 1.5
1.3 1.3
3.6 2.7
1.9 1.9
0.36 0.98
0.45 0.63
1.2 1.1
0.9 2.2
5.1 3.0
1.4 1.1
1.0 1.0
3.7 3.8
0.6 1.8
3.0 1.4
0.41 0.86
2.6 2.7
238-jj
aCi/m3 ±2«
10.9 2.2
25.1 5.8
5.9 2.3
10.8 3.4
11.1 3.9
15.2 4.1
6.1 1.8
23.9 5.3
19.9 4.2
21.8 6.4
16.4 5.0
9.9 3.3
36.0 6.0
6.9 2.2
24.8 7.4
19.9 5.8
10.9 2.8
15.9 3.6
46 12
23.1 6.8
10.4 2.6
5.2 2.0
18.2 6.1
Note: NA = No Analysis
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2. Drinking Water Program
The RadNet drinking water program provides data on radionuclide concentrations in the nation's
drinking water supplies. Samples are taken at 78 sites which are either major population centers
or selected nuclear facility environs.
Drinking water data are used to assess trends and anomalies in concentrations, and to compare
with standards set forth in the EPA "National Interim Primary Drinking Water Regulations."
These regulations provide for approval of supplies when the combined radium-226 and
radium-228 levels do not exceed 5 pCi/L, when the gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)
levels do not exceed 15 pCi/L, when tritium levels do not exceed 20,000 pCi/L, when the
strontium-90 levels do not exceed 8 pCi/L, and when the gross beta levels do not exceed
50 pCi/L.
The analyses include (a) tritium on a quarterly basis; (b) gross alpha, gross beta, strontium-90,
and gamma on annual composites; (c) radium-226 if the gross alpha exceeds 2 pCi/L and
radium-228 if the radium-226 falls between 3 and 5 pCi/L; (d) iodine-131 on one quarterly
sample per year for each station; and (e) an annual composite for plutonium-238, combined
plutonium-239 and 240, and uranium-234, 235, and 238 for stations that demonstrate gross alpha
levels greater than 2 pCi/L.
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Table 10
Tritium in Drinking Water
October - December 2005
Location
AK: Fairbanks
AL: Dothan
AL: Montgomery/408
AL: Muscle Shoals
AL: Scottsboro
AR: Little Rock
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DE: Dover
FL: Miami
FL: Tampa
GA: Baxley
GA: Savannah
HI: Honolulu
IA: Cedar Rapids
ID: Boise
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: W. Chicago
KS: Topeka
LA: New Orleans
MD: Baltimore
MD: Conowingo
ME: Augusta
MI: Detroit
MI: Grand Rapids
MN: Minneapolis
MN: Red Wing
MO: Jefferson City
MS: Jackson
MS: Port Gibson
MT: Helena
NC: Charlotte
NC: Raleigh
ND: Bismarck
NE: Lincoln
NH: Concord
NJ: Trenton
NJ: Waretown
Date
Collected
10/05/05
10/06/05
10/11/05
10/12/05
10/13/05
10/07/05
10/03/05
10/07/05
11/02/05
10/21/05
10/03/05
12/30/05
11/07/05
10/26/05
12/14/05
10/07/05
10/04/05
12/09/05
10/21/05
10/05/05
10/03/05
12/09/05
10/03/05
12/13/05
10/03/05
10/20/05
10/13/05
10/25/05
10/25/05
10/04/05
10/11/05
10/11/05
10/05/05
10/12/05
10/11/05
10/04/05
10/14/05
10/14/05
10/03/05
10/13/05
3H
pCi/L ±2«
102 83
-22 75
4 76
-7 76
-31 75
76 80
-4 79
-9 76
42 83
58 81
16 77
23 75
-11 82
-43 80
11 74
4 77
37 78
-12 81
-28 77
86 80
60 79
16 75
-33 81
116 79
-5 82
383 96
37 79
-36 76
5 83
53 79
-60 74
-34 75
65 79
1010 110
14 76
133 82
34 81
14 79
60 79
159 86
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Table 10 (continued)
Tritium in Drinking Water
October - December 2005
Location
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: E. Liverpool
OH: Painesville
OH: Toledo
OK: Oklahoma City
OR: Portland
PA: Columbia
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia - Queen Lane Lab.
PA: Philadelphia - Belmont Lab.
PA: Philadelphia - Baxter Lab.
PA: Pittsburgh
RI: Providence
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SC: Jenkinsville
SC: Seneca
TN: Chattanooga
TN: Knoxville
TN: Oak Ridge/#768
TN:OakRidge/#772
TN:OakRidge/#371
TN:OakRidge/#360
TN:OakRidge/#4442
TX: Austin
VA: Ashland
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Richland
WA: Seattle
Date
Collected
10/07/05
11/16/05
10/04/05
11/01/05
12/08/05
11/23/05
12/06/05
11/07/05
10/06/05
10/11/05
10/21/05
12/14/05
12/14/05
11/09/05
11/09/05
11/09/05
12/06/05
10/03/05
10/07/05
10/10/05
10/05/05
10/03/05
10/03/05
10/04/05
10/07/05
10/07/05
10/07/05
10/07/05
10/10/05
10/04/05
10/24/05
10/03/05
10/06/05
12/12/05
3H
pCi/L ±2«
0 76
14 81
7 77
-53 79
1550 140
28 80
47 82
72 85
141 83
-17 75
16 84
71 77
48 76
19 83
56 84
5 82
60 81
-30 81
-47 73
9 76
27 77
11 81
100 81
44 78
3 75
9 76
53 78
0 76
130 81
72 79
2900 170
21 83
72 80
120 78
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Table 11
Plutonium and Uranium Analyses
Selected Drinking Water Composite Samples
January - December 2005
Location
AL: Montgomery
CA: Los Angeles
DE: Dover
GA: Baxley
1L: Morris
1L: W. Chicago
LA: New Orleans
ME: Augusta
MN: Red Wing
MS: Port Gibson
NE: Lincoln
NV: Las Vegas
238pu
pCi/L± 2«
-0.003 0.027
0.003 0.015
-0.003 0.029
0.004 0.018
0.006 0.016
-0.002 0.016
-0.010 0.014
-0.006 0.016
-0.002 0.024
0.000 0.028
0.001 0.017
-0.005 0.018
239-240pu
pCi/L± 2u
0.006 0.014
0.0000 0.0082
0.001 0.013
0.004 0.012
0.011 0.015
0.035 0.025
-0.0010 0.0063
0.000 0.012
0.003 0.010
0.004 0.015
0.000 0.011
-0.0010 0.0069
234U
pCi/L± 2«
0.042 0.036
1.76 0.20
0.122 0.050
0.032 0.026
0.556 0.099
0.130 0.045
0.456 0.088
1.21 0.16
0.64 0.15
0.057 0.034
2.89 0.29
1.98 0.22
23SU
pCi/L± 2«
0.015 0.024
0.068 0.038
-0.004 0.012
-0.002 0.010
0.009 0.016
0.011 0.017
0.007 0.016
0.070 0.038
0.019 0.039
0.000 0.011
0.111 0.049
0.049 0.031
238U
pCi/L± 2w
0.024 0.029
1.42 0.18
0.015 0.023
0.013 0.018
0.031 0.024
0.014 0.015
0.349 0.076
1.04 0.14
0.094 0.057
0.042 0.030
2.02 0.23
1.16 0.15
Note: NA = No Analysis
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Table 12
Iodine-131 in Drinking Water
January - December 2005
Location
AK: Fairbanks
AL: Dothan
AL: Montgomery
AL: Muscle Shoals
AL: Scottsboro
AR: Little Rock
AR: Little Rock
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DE: Dover
FL: Miami
FL: Tampa
GA: Baxley
GA: Savannah
HI: Honolulu
IA: Cedar Rapids
IA: Cedar Rapids
ID: Boise
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Morris
IL: W. Chicago
KS: Topeka
LA: New Orleans
LA: New Orleans
MD: Baltimore
MD: Baltimore
MD: Conowingo
ME: Augusta
MI: Detroit
MI: Grand Rapids
MN: Minneapolis
MN: Red Wing
MO: Jefferson City
MO: Jefferson City
MS: Jackson
MS: Port Gibson
MT: Helena
NC: Charlotte
NC: Raleigh
Date
Collected
01/04/05
10/06/05
01/05/05
04/13/05
04/14/05
07/06/05
10/07/05
10/03/05
05/03/05
11/02/05
10/21/05
10/03/05
07/20/05
03/31/05
04/27/05
02/17/05
01/06/05
07/07/05
10/04/05
02/23/05
04/08/05
01/13/05
01/04/05
01/03/05
03/18/05
05/13/05
01/04/05
04/05/05
09/06/05
04/04/05
02/10/05
01/06/05
01/24/05
04/25/05
07/07/05
10/04/05
04/05/05
01/11/05
04/06/05
01/12/05
01/25/05
131j
pCi/L ± 2u
0.15 0.24
0.32 0.44
0.067 0.095
0.13 0.28
0.18 0.25
0.00 0.17
0.05 0.14
0.03 0.38
0.10 0.17
0.19 0.27
0.14 0.25
0.05 0.16
-0.07 0.15
-0.03 0.16
0.00 0.14
0.00 0.14
0.05 0.14
-0.17 0.16
0.00 0.16
-0.02 0.25
0.04 0.16
-0.08 0.22
-0.02 0.14
0.11 0.12
0.12 0.24
0.16 0.13
0.21 0.26
0.09 0.14
0.15 0.20
0.01 0.12
0.14 0.16
0.02 0.13
0.02 0.15
-0.06 0.12
0.33 0.20
-0.01 0.21
-0.10 0.14
0.08 0.18
-0.07 0.11
0.12 0.15
0.04 0.16
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Table 12 (continued)
Iodine-131 in Drinking Water
January - December 2005
Location
ND: Bismarck
NE: Lincoln
NH: Concord
NJ: Trenton
NJ: Waretown
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas/906
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: E. Liverpool
OH: Painesville
OH: Toledo
OK: Oklahoma City
OR: Portland
OR: Portland
PA: Columbia
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia - Baxter Lab.
PA: Philadelphia - Queen Lane Lab.
PA: Philadelphia - Belmont Lab.
PA: Pittsburgh
RI: Providence
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SC: Jenkinsville
SC: Seneca
TN: Chattanooga
TN: Knoxville
TN:OakRidge/#360
TN: Oak Ridge/#4442
TN:OakRidge/#371
TN: Oak Ridge/#768
TN:OakRidge/#772
TX: Austin
VA: Ashland
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Richland
WA: Seattle
Date
Collected
01/03/05
01/07/05
01/04/05
01/03/05
01/05/05
10/07/05
06/16/05
01/04/05
11/01/05
01/28/05
09/09/05
07/27/05
01/18/05
01/04/05
04/22/05
07/06/05
10/21/05
09/07/05
06/02/05
02/03/05
02/03/05
02/03/05
07/28/05
01/06/05
01/31/05
01/06/05
04/08/05
01/05/05
01/04/05
04/19/05
07/08/05
07/08/05
07/08/05
07/08/05
07/08/05
01/27/05
10/24/05
07/27/05
04/11/05
02/09/05
131j
pCi/L ± 2u
0.02 0.15
0.05 0.22
-0.20 0.30
-0.02 0.16
0.01 0.16
-0.04 0.14
0.01 0.19
-0.05 0.28
0.02 0.14
0.01 0.15
0.05 0.16
0.79 0.19
-0.05 0.23
0.04 0.13
0.01 0.16
0.04 0.15
0.04 0.29
0.33 0.25
-0.01 0.15
0.55 0.16
4.42 0.20
1.52 0.16
0.08 0.15
-0.04 0.26
-0.01 0.15
0.08 0.32
-0.03 0.15
-0.01 0.17
-0.04 0.14
-0.01 0.21
-0.02 0.27
0.08 0.22
0.07 0.21
-0.13 0.26
-0.01 0.22
0.05 0.13
0.14 0.17
-0.06 0.19
-0.05 0.15
0.02 0.21
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Table 13
Drinking Water
Alpha, Beta, and Sr-90 Concentrations
Composites
January - December 2005
Location
AK: Fairbanks
AL: Dothan
AL: Montgomery
AL: Muscle Shoals
AL: Scottsboro
AR: Little Rock
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DE: Dover
FL: Miami
FL: Tampa
GA: Baxley
GA: Savannah
HI: Honolulu
IA: Cedar Rapids
ID: Boise
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Morris
IL: W. Chicago
KS: Topeka
LA: New Orleans
MA: Lawrence
MD: Baltimore
MD: Conowingo
ME: Augusta
MI: Detroit
MI: Grand Rapids
MN: Minneapolis
MN: Red Wing
MO: Jefferson City
MS: Jackson
MS: Port Gibson
MT: Helena
NC: Charlotte
NC: Raleigh
Total
Solids
(mg/L)
148.6
125.1
60.2
45.2
105.4
28.2
98.7
59.4
99.6
39.8
97.5
127.9
89.3
110.0
97.9
111.2
74.2
94.0
125.3
102.8
37.2
102.5
121.2
62.3
136.0
116.1
72.8
112.5
125.3
98.6
176.2
104.7
78.5
52.2
119.6
43.7
70.4
Gross
Beta
pCi/L ± 2«
4.9 1.5
2.6 1.3
1.98 0.74
0.32 0.79
1.34 0.75
0.48 0.56
5.6 2.0
0.85 0.79
2.35 0.80
1.21 0.65
7.8 2.7
1.98 0.82
4.3 1.9
2.2 1.4
1.9 1.2
3.1 1.9
3.1 1.4
1.09 0.71
5.9 2.1
12.1 3.0
12.5 3.7
6.6 1.7
5.3 1.5
1.84 0.72
3.81 0.97
3.0 1.0
4.3 1.5
2.19 0.83
2.7 1.0
2.63 0.82
17.1 3.1
6.8 1.5
3.38 0.84
-1.4 3.1
2.75 0.86
1.65 0.68
3.52 0.84
Gross
Alpha
pCi/L±2«
0.4 4.8
-0.1 4.1
2.1 2.0
0.2 1.7
-0.1 2.3
0.1 1.0
4.7 6.3
0.5 2.1
0.7 2.3
0.1 1.3
3.8 7.8
0.2 2.6
-0.7 5.0
3.6 4.4
-0.1 3.7
-0.6 5.9
0.7 3.8
0.2 2.2
0.2 6.5
10.0 9.1
6.8 7.2
1.5 4.7
2.0 4.5
1.5 1.9
1.1 2.9
0.3 3.0
2.7 4.0
1.1 2.6
0.0 3.2
0.5 2.3
19 11
1.5 4.0
0.1 1.9
6.2 8.2
0.3 2.5
0.2 1.4
-0.1 1.7
90Sr
pCi/L ± 2u
-0.12 0.31
0.28 0.31
0.34 0.25
0.22 0.30
0.10 0.28
0.3 1.2
0.10 0.29
0.14 0.26
0.09 0.30
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Table 13 (continued)
Drinking Water
Alpha, Beta, and Sr-90 Concentrations
Composites
January - December 2005
Location
ND: Bismarck
NE: Lincoln
NH: Concord
NJ: Trenton
NJ: Waretown
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
NY: Niagara Falls
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: E. Liverpool
OH: Painesville
OH: Toledo
OK: Oklahoma City
OR: Portland
PA: Columbia
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia/Baxter
PA: Philadelphia/Belmont
PA: Philadelphia/Queen
PA: Pittsburgh
RI: Providence
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SC: Jenkinsville
SC: Seneca
TN: Chattanooga
TN: Knoxville
TN:OakRidge/#360
TN:OakRidge/#371
TN:OakRidge/#4442
TN: Oak Ridge/#768
TN:OakRidge/#772
TX: Austin
VA: Ashland
Total
Solids
(mg/L)
121.0
128.8
65.5
112.1
63.0
51.2
99.7
91.4
43.7
149.0
69.1
105.9
127.8
115.2
95.1
90.5
19.6
112.3
91.1
80.0
126.0
141.0
87.4
71.0
36.5
55.5
50.4
21.9
76.0
93.0
98.1
185.8
190.4
179.3
199.9
37.1
53.6
Gross
Beta
pCi/L ± 2«
5.0 1.5
13.8 2.3
1.32 0.69
1.60 0.77
2.60 0.78
2.0 1.1
3.0 2.3
0.39 0.64
1.05 0.63
3.19 0.93
2.0 1.3
1.8 1.2
3.3 1.1
2.4 1.0
1.72 0.76
4.4 1.1
0.46 0.62
3.8 1.1
2.03 0.78
3.1 1.3
5.2 1.5
6.2 1.6
2.3 1.2
1.69 0.71
1.43 0.66
1.90 0.77
1.85 0.71
1.18 0.61
0.99 0.74
2.40 0.80
1.96 0.78
1.87 0.92
3.5 1.0
1.77 0.90
2.41 0.96
1.41 0.79
3.77 0.98
Gross
Alpha
pCi/L±2«
0.3 4.3
3.4 5.8
0.4 1.8
0.6 2.4
0.9 1.8
1.4 2.7
2.5 7.6
0.4 2.1
0.5 1.4
-0.5 2.7
1.2 3.7
1.8 4.1
0.3 3.3
1.0 3.2
0.6 2.2
-0.1 2.5
0.25 0.95
1.5 3.2
0.3 2.1
0.1 3.2
-0.4 4.1
0.7 4.6
0.6 3.4
0.5 1.8
1.2 1.4
0.2 1.5
0.2 1.5
-0.12 0.83
0.1 1.8
0.1 2.1
0.6 2.3
0.2 3.3
0.8 3.4
-0.4 3.1
0.4 3.4
0.3 1.5
1.7 2.2
90Sr
pCi/L ± 2u
0.19 0.30
-0.09 0.28
0.11 0.27
0.11 0.28
0.24 0.26
0.22 0.27
0.11 0.30
0.14 0.30
0.28 0.33
0.07 0.28
-0.05 0.34
0.46 0.30
0.12 0.31
0.46 0.29
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Table 13 (continued)
Drinking Water
Alpha, Beta, and Sr-90 Concentrations
Composites
January - December 2005
Location
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Richland
WA: Seattle
Total
Solids
(mg/L)
66.3
75.3
0.5
Gross
Beta
pCi/L ± 2«
1.36 0.69
1.14 0.74
0.28 0.51
Gross
Alpha
pCi/L ± 2u
0.3 1.8
1.0 2.2
0.19 0.43
90Sr
pCi/L ± 1u
0.16 0.28
0.09 0.26
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Table 14
Drinking Water
Radium and Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides
Composites
January - December 2005
Location
AK: Fairbanks
AL: Dothan
AL: Montgomery
AL: Muscle Shoals
AL: Scottsboro
AR: Little Rock
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DE: Dover
FL: Miami
FL: Tampa
GA: Baxley
GA: Savannah
HI: Honolulu
IA: Cedar Rapids
ID: Boise
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Morris
IL: W. Chicago
KS: Topeka
LA: New Orleans
MA: Lawrence
MD: Baltimore
MD: Conowingo
ME: Augusta
MI: Detroit
MI: Grand Rapids
MN: Minneapolis
MN: Red Wing
MO: Jefferson City
MS: Jackson
MS: Port Gibson
MT: Helena
226Ra
pCi/L ±2«
NA
NA
0.102 0.021
NA
NA
NA
0.125 0.023
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1.61 0.20
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
0.185 0.031
1.06 0.13
NA
0.102 0.021
NA
NA
NA
0.077 0.018
NA
NA
NA
3.26 0.39
NA
NA
0.290 0.045
NA
228Ra
pCi/L ±2w
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
3.92 0.75
NA
NA
NA
NA
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
ND
ND
ND
ND
T1208 1.8 1.9
K40 13 12
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
T1208 1.6 1.8
ND
K40 9 13
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
T1208 2.0 3.8
ND
ND
ND
T1208 2.5 2.0
ND
ND
T1208 1.4 1.8
ND
K40 12 12
ND
ND
Note: ND = Not Detected
NA = No Analysis
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Table 14 (continued)
Drinking Water
Radium and Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides
Composites
January - December 2005
Location
NC: Charlotte
NC: Raleigh
ND: Bismarck
NE: Lincoln
NH: Concord
NJ: Trenton
NJ: Waretown
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
NY: Niagara Falls
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: E. Liverpool
OH: Painesville
OH: Toledo
OK: Oklahoma City
OR: Portland
PA: Columbia
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia/Baxter
PA: Philadelphia/Belmont
PA: Philadelphia/Queen
PA: Pittsburgh
RI: Providence
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SC: Jenkinsville
SC: Seneca
TN: Chattanooga
TN: Knoxville
TN: Oak Ridge/#360
TN:OakRidge/#371
TN:OakRidge/#4442
226Ra
pCi/L ±2«
NA
NA
NA
0.161 0.028
NA
NA
NA
NA
0.222 0.037
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
228Ra
pCi/L ±2w
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
T1208 3.0 4.9
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
K40 14 13
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
K40 11 12
ND
ND
ND
ND
K40 9 12
ND
ND
ND
ND
Note: ND = Not Detected
NA = No Analysis
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Table 14 (continued)
Drinking Water
Radium and Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides
Composites
January - December 2005
Location
TN: Oak Ridge/#768
TN:OakRidge/#772
TX: Austin
VA: Ashland
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Richland
WA: Seattle
226Ra
pCi/L ±2«
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
228Ra
pCi/L ±2w
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
T1208 1.6 1.7
K40 9 13
Note: ND = Not Detected
NA = No Analysis
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3. Milk Program
Pasteurized Milk
Milk is a reliable indicator of the general population's intake of certain radionuclides since it is
consumed fresh by a large segment of the population and can contain several of the biologically
significant radionuclides that result from environmental releases from nuclear activities. A
primary function of this program is to obtain reliable monitoring data relative to current radio-
nuclide concentrations and determine any long-term trends.
Quarterly samples are collected at approximately 55 sampling sites. The samples are composited,
according to production, from the major milk suppliers representing more than 80 percent of the
milk consumed in a given population center.
The samples are analyzed for gamma-emitting nuclides, including iodine-131, barium-140,
cesium-137, and potassium-40. Total potassium concentrations in g/L are determined from
potassium-40 activities assuming natural isotopic abundances. During the third quarter collec-
tion, one-fourth of the samples are also analyzed for strontium-90 on a four year rotating
schedule.
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Table 15
Radionuclides in Pasteurized Milk
October - December 2005
Location
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Sacramento
CA: San Francisco
DE: Wilmington
FL: Tampa
HI: Honolulu
IA: Des Moines
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Wichita
KY: Louisville
MA: Boston
MD: Baltimore
ME: Portland
MI: Detroit
MO: Jefferson City
NJ: Trenton
NV: Las Vegas
NY: Buffalo
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Cleveland
OR: Portland
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
TN: Chattanooga
TN: Knoxville
TN: Memphis
TX: Ft. Worth
TX: San Antonio
VT: Montpelier
WA: Spokane
WA: Tacoma
WV: Charleston
Date
Collected
10/24/05
12/13/05
11/01/05
10/13/05
10/04/05
10/26/05
10/12/05
11/09/05
10/10/05
10/12/05
10/10/05
10/11/05
12/12/05
10/07/05
10/20/05
12/05/05
10/07/05
10/03/05
10/24/05
10/11/05
10/19/05
10/17/05
11/09/05
12/05/05
10/05/05
10/04/05
11/14/05
10/31/05
10/10/05
10/17/05
10/18/05
12/13/05
11/01/05
12/22/05
10/06/05
K
g/L ±2w
1.48 0.13
1.49 0.11
1.58 0.11
1.62 0.12
1.51 0.12
1.53 0.12
1.68 0.12
1.53 0.12
1.54 0.12
1.56 0.12
1.54 0.12
1.66 0.12
1.56 0.17
1.57 0.13
1.62 0.12
1.66 0.13
1.64 0.12
1.61 0.13
1.55 0.12
1.60 0.12
1.64 0.12
1.62 0.12
1.54 0.12
1.62 0.12
1.57 0.13
1.56 0.12
1.57 0.13
1.51 0.12
1.54 0.12
1.69 0.13
1.36 0.16
1.57 0.12
1.60 0.12
1.55 0.12
1.66 0.17
137Cs
pCi/L ±2«
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
140Ba
pCi/L ±2«
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
mj
pCi/L ±2«
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
Note: ND = Not Detected
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