402-R-09-018
ENVIRONMENTAL
RADIATION
DATA
REPORT 139
July - September 2009
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 15
Beta Activity in Precipitation 15
2. Water Program 17
3. Milk Program 21
Pasteurized Milk 21
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List of Tables
Table Page
1 Reporting Units and Minimum Detectable Concentrations xiii
2 Gross Beta in Airborne Participates: July 2009 2
3 Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates: August 2009 5
4 Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates: September 2009 8
5 Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation: July 2009 11
6 Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation: August 2009 12
7 Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation: September 2009 13
8 Tritium in Precipitation: July - September 2009 14
9 Tritium in Drinking Water: July - September 2009 18
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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
July 2009
Location
AK: Fairbanks
AL: Birmingham
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
AZ: Phoenix/956
AZ: Tucson
CA: Anaheim
CA: Bakersfield
CA: Eureka
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: Riverside
CA: San Bernardino Cty.
CA: San Diego
CA: San Francisco
CA: San Jose
CO: Colorado Springs
CO: Denver
DC: Washington
DE: Dover
FL: Jacksonville
FL: Miami
FL: Orlando
FL: Tallahassee
GA: Atlanta
GA: Augusta
HI: Hilo
HI: Honolulu
IA: Des Moines
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Chicago
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Kansas City
KS: Topeka
KS: Wichita
KY: Lexington
KY: Louisville
Number
of
Samples
3
9
9
6
9
9
9
6
9
5
9
4
9
4
3
5
6
4
9
8
5
7
7
5
8
4
4
9
9
8
7
9
8
9
9
9
3
9
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.2 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.8 0.3 0.5
0.8 0.0 0.4
0.5 -0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.5 0.0 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.2 0.3
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.6 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.2
1.6 0.1 0.4
0.6 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.1 0.2
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.007 0.003 0.005
0.042 0.007 0.019
0.019 0.010 0.014
0.017 0.009 0.012
0.016 0.010 0.012
0.022 0.014 0.017
0.012 0.005 0.008
0.012 0.009 0.011
0.016 0.006 0.009
0.004 0.001 0.002
0.012 0.007 0.009
0.005 0.001 0.003
0.014 0.005 0.007
0.014 0.010 0.012
0.009 0.007 0.008
0.003 0.001 0.002
0.006 0.001 0.004
0.012 0.008 0.010
0.049 0.007 0.014
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.009 0.004 0.007
0.010 0.004 0.007
0.011 0.006 0.008
0.013 0.004 0.009
0.015 0.004 0.009
0.009 0.002 0.007
0.012 0.010 0.011
0.005 0.002 0.004
0.004 0.001 0.003
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.015 0.008 0.011
0.013 0.002 0.007
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.014 0.007 0.011
0.013 0.008 0.011
0.012 0.007 0.010
0.009 0.008 0.008
0.018 0.005 0.011
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Table 2 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
July 2009
Location
LA: Baton Rouge
MA: Worcester
MD: Baltimore
ME: Portland
MI: Detroit
MN: Duluth
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch/510
MO: Jefferson City
MO: St. Louis
MS: Jackson/Deq
MT: Billings
NC: Charlotte
NC: Raleigh
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NE: Kearney
NJ: Edison
NJ: Trenton
NM: Carlsbad
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas/9 13
NV: Washoe County
NY: Albany
NY: Hauppauge
NY: Lockport
NY: Rochester
NY: Yaphank
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Cleveland
OH: Painesville
OK: Oklahoma City
OK: Tulsa
OR: Corvallis
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Pittsburgh
SC: Barnwell
Number
of
Samples
9
1
9
9
9
9
4
8
7
o
J
5
1
7
9
2
8
9
9
9
7
7
5
9
9
9
9
5
8
7
4
6
9
8
9
9
9
7
4
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 -0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.3 -0.7 -0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.7 0.2 0.5
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.014 0.007 0.011
0.013 0.013 0.013
0.012 0.006 0.008
0.011 0.003 0.005
0.010 0.002 0.006
0.005 0.002 0.004
0.006 0.004 0.005
0.022 0.004 0.007
0.016 0.006 0.010
0.010 0.005 0.007
0.016 0.007 0.011
0.012 0.012 0.012
0.029 0.007 0.014
0.040 0.008 0.016
0.013 0.009 0.011
0.007 0.004 0.006
0.014 0.007 0.011
0.010 0.004 0.007
0.020 0.006 0.010
0.011 0.007 0.009
0.011 0.008 0.009
0.010 0.008 0.009
0.015 0.006 0.009
0.011 0.005 0.008
0.010 0.005 0.007
0.007 0.002 0.005
0.006 0.003 0.005
0.010 0.003 0.006
0.009 0.003 0.006
0.015 0.006 0.009
0.011 0.006 0.009
0.012 0.006 0.007
0.015 0.010 0.012
0.004 0.001 0.003
0.013 0.005 0.009
0.014 0.006 0.009
0.016 0.006 0.009
0.013 0.009 0.010
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Table 2 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
July 2009
Location
SC: Columbia
SD: Pierre
SD: Rapid City
TN: Knoxville
TN: Memphis
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: Corpus Christi
TX: Dallas
TX: Ft. Worth
TX: Houston
TX: San Antonio
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Harrisonburg
VA: Lynchburg
VA: Richmond
VA: Virginia Beach
WA: Olympia
WA: Seattle
WA: Spokane
WI: Madison
Number
of
Samples
5
9
9
8
6
8
8
8
8
8
8
4
8
4
7
5
5
9
6
9
2
9
9
8
9
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.9 0.4 0.7
0.6 0.1 0.3
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.7 0.1 0.3
0.7 0.1 0.4
0.7 0.1 0.4
0.8 0.2 0.4
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.6 0.1 0.3
0.2 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.2 0.2
1.0 0.3 0.6
0.3 0.0 0.2
1.9 0.2 0.7
1.2 0.3 0.6
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.3 0.1 0.2
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.015 0.009 0.013
0.012 0.008 0.010
0.012 0.006 0.008
0.011 0.005 0.007
0.012 0.002 0.008
0.011 0.005 0.008
0.014 0.009 0.012
0.016 0.009 0.012
0.015 0.008 0.012
0.014 0.010 0.012
0.014 0.008 0.011
0.012 0.006 0.010
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.015 0.009 0.012
0.013 0.008 0.011
0.014 0.008 0.011
0.034 0.008 0.015
0.010 0.006 0.009
0.012 0.007 0.010
0.010 0.004 0.008
0.008 0.008 0.008
0.006 0.001 0.003
0.006 0.001 0.003
0.010 0.007 0.008
0.008 0.002 0.005
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Table 3
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
August 2009
Location
AK: Fairbanks
AL: Birmingham
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
AZ: Phoenix/956
AZ: Tucson
CA: Anaheim
CA: Bakersfield
CA: Eureka
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: Riverside
CA: Sacramento
CA: San Bernardino Cty.
CA: San Diego
CA: San Francisco
CA: San Jose
CO: Colorado Springs
CO: Denver
DC: Washington
DE: Dover
FL: Jacksonville
FL: Miami
FL: Orlando
FL: Tallahassee
FL: Tampa
GA: Atlanta
GA: Augusta
HI: Hilo
HI: Honolulu
IA: Des Moines
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Chicago
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Kansas City
KS: Topeka
KS: Wichita
Number
of
Samples
5
8
8
8
9
8
7
7
9
4
8
4
8
6
4
5
4
4
4
9
7
4
7
8
3
9
4
4
4
9
5
8
9
7
9
7
6
9
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
1.1 0.4 0.8
1.0 0.2 0.6
1.0 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.3 0.4
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
1.5 0.0 0.4
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.2 0.3
0.8 0.1 0.4
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.004 0.003 0.003
0.023 0.007 0.014
0.017 0.008 0.011
0.016 0.007 0.011
0.018 0.011 0.014
0.026 0.014 0.018
0.010 0.006 0.008
0.021 0.005 0.014
0.021 0.005 0.013
0.008 0.002 0.004
0.016 0.005 0.011
0.005 0.001 0.003
0.013 0.005 0.009
0.009 0.005 0.007
0.017 0.013 0.015
0.014 0.006 0.010
0.003 0.001 0.002
0.006 0.002 0.004
0.013 0.010 0.011
0.022 0.008 0.012
0.010 0.005 0.008
0.012 0.008 0.009
0.008 0.005 0.007
0.012 0.006 0.008
0.011 0.005 0.007
0.009 0.005 0.007
0.025 0.005 0.012
0.011 0.007 0.008
0.016 0.007 0.010
0.006 0.002 0.004
0.005 0.001 0.003
0.010 0.005 0.007
0.013 0.007 0.011
0.013 0.003 0.008
0.015 0.004 0.009
0.016 0.008 0.012
0.018 0.009 0.013
0.017 0.006 0.011
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Table 3 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
August 2009
Location
KY: Lexington
KY: Louisville
LA: Baton Rouge
MA: Worcester
MD: Baltimore
ME: Portland
MI: Detroit
MN: Duluth
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch/510
MO: Jefferson City
MO: St. Louis
MS: Jackson/Deq
MT: Billings
NC: Charlotte
NC: Raleigh
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NE: Kearney
NE: Lincoln
NE: Omaha
NJ: Edison
NJ: Trenton
NM: Carlsbad
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas/9 13
NV: Washoe County
NY: Albany
NY: Hauppauge
NY: Lockport
NY: Rochester
NY: Syracuse
NY: Yaphank
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Cleveland
OH: Painesville
OK: Oklahoma City
OK: Tulsa
Number
of
Samples
9
7
9
7
9
o
J
5
8
4
6
8
o
3
9
5
8
o
J
3
9
9
9
5
6
8
6
7
6
8
7
7
9
1
1
7
9
3
8
7
6
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.8 0.1 0.3
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.7 0.2 0.4
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.1 -0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.1
1.4 -0.0 0.4
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.1 0.3
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.017 0.004 0.009
0.078 0.006 0.020
0.016 0.005 0.010
0.013 0.006 0.009
0.016 0.007 0.012
0.010 0.006 0.007
0.022 0.008 0.012
0.013 0.003 0.006
0.014 0.005 0.009
0.010 0.005 0.007
0.016 0.007 0.012
0.009 0.004 0.007
0.015 0.007 0.012
0.020 0.009 0.014
0.014 0.008 0.011
0.016 0.010 0.012
0.023 0.008 0.016
0.016 0.004 0.008
0.012 0.006 0.010
0.013 0.006 0.009
0.012 0.007 0.010
0.011 0.006 0.009
0.014 0.007 0.010
0.011 0.008 0.009
0.018 0.007 0.011
0.012 0.005 0.008
0.021 0.012 0.015
0.048 0.009 0.016
0.013 0.006 0.009
0.017 0.004 0.008
0.007 0.007 0.007
0.005 0.005 0.005
0.014 0.003 0.008
0.018 0.000 0.009
0.014 0.008 0.010
0.021 0.006 0.011
0.009 0.006 0.007
0.013 0.006 0.010
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Table 3 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
August 2009
Location
OR: Corvallis
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SD: Pierre
SD: Rapid City
TN: Knoxville
TN: Memphis
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: Amarillo
TX: Austin
TX: Austin/Concordia
TX: Corpus Christi
TX: Dallas
TX: Ft. Worth
TX: Houston
TX: Laredo
TX: San Antonio
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Harrisonburg
VA: Lynchburg
VA: Richmond
VA: Virginia Beach
WA: Olympia
WA: Seattle
WA: Spokane
WI: Madison
WI: Milwaukee
WV: Charleston
Number
of
Samples
2
7
9
1
6
4
4
8
8
7
6
6
9
8
9
9
9
3
5
1
5
8
7
8
9
2
9
8
9
8
5
8
8
7
8
8
4
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
1.1 0.0 0.5
2.2 0.2 0.5
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.7 0.2 0.4
1.0 0.3 0.6
0.9 0.2 0.5
0.9 0.1 0.4
0.4 0.1 0.2
1.1 0.4 0.7
0.4 0.1 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.2 0.3
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.3
0.5 0.1 0.3
0.2 0.1 0.2
2.0 0.3 1.3
1.3 0.2 0.7
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.1 -0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.003 0.003 0.003
0.016 0.007 0.011
0.014 0.008 0.011
0.018 0.018 0.018
0.015 0.007 0.011
0.014 0.007 0.009
0.011 0.006 0.008
0.015 0.006 0.010
0.056 0.005 0.015
0.013 0.004 0.008
0.015 0.008 0.011
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.023 0.007 0.014
0.024 0.008 0.014
0.022 0.008 0.014
0.024 0.009 0.015
0.021 0.008 0.013
0.009 0.008 0.008
0.013 0.007 0.009
0.007 0.007 0.007
0.011 0.007 0.009
0.009 0.005 0.008
0.015 0.009 0.011
0.016 0.007 0.011
0.028 0.005 0.011
0.015 0.013 0.014
0.014 0.009 0.011
0.025 0.006 0.014
0.020 0.009 0.013
0.015 0.006 0.010
0.014 0.006 0.009
0.005 0.003 0.004
0.006 0.003 0.004
0.012 0.004 0.009
0.012 0.004 0.008
0.011 0.004 0.007
0.020 0.008 0.016
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Table 4
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
September 2009
Location
AK: Fairbanks
AL: Birmingham
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
AZ: Phoenix/956
AZ: Tucson
CA: Anaheim
CA: Bakersfield
CA: Eureka
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: Riverside
CA: Sacramento
CA: San Bernardino Cty.
CA: San Diego
CA: San Francisco
CA: San Jose
CO: Colorado Springs
CO: Denver
DC: Washington
DE: Dover
FL: Jacksonville
FL: Miami
FL: Orlando
FL: Tallahassee
FL: Tampa
GA: Atlanta
GA: Augusta
HI: Hilo
IA: Des Moines
IA: Mason City
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Chicago
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Kansas City
KS: Topeka
KS: Wichita
Number
of
Samples
9
5
8
8
8
8
9
9
8
4
6
5
9
8
6
2
4
4
5
8
9
5
9
7
8
1
8
4
5
8
8
3
7
7
8
7
8
7
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.1
1.2 0.6 0.9
1.1 0.1 0.6
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
2.7 0.0 0.8
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.7 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.1 0.2 0.5
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.8 0.2 0.3
1.0 0.2 0.7
0.7 0.0 0.3
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.7 0.0 0.2
0.6 0.2 0.4
0.9 0.0 0.4
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.008 0.002 0.004
0.023 0.008 0.015
0.022 0.007 0.014
0.021 0.006 0.013
0.019 0.009 0.014
0.021 0.016 0.018
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.019 0.010 0.014
0.022 0.010 0.014
0.006 0.003 0.004
0.030 0.009 0.016
0.007 0.002 0.004
0.014 0.007 0.009
0.016 0.003 0.007
0.021 0.014 0.017
0.010 0.008 0.009
0.003 0.002 0.002
0.005 0.003 0.004
0.016 0.012 0.014
0.022 0.007 0.014
0.010 0.005 0.008
0.008 0.005 0.007
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.006 0.003 0.004
0.013 0.004 0.007
0.013 0.013 0.013
0.009 0.005 0.007
0.015 0.006 0.011
0.024 0.008 0.014
0.006 0.003 0.004
0.021 0.006 0.014
0.024 0.007 0.015
0.012 0.007 0.010
0.019 0.007 0.012
0.019 0.009 0.014
0.032 0.009 0.018
0.028 0.006 0.017
0.023 0.005 0.015
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Table 4 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
September 2009
Location
KY: Lexington
KY: Louisville
LA: Baton Rouge
MA: Worcester
MD: Baltimore
ME: Portland
MN: Duluth
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch/510
MO: Jefferson City
MO: Springfield
MO: St. Louis
MS: Jackson
MS: Jackson/Deq
MT: Billings
NC: Charlotte
NC: Raleigh
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NE: Kearney
NE: Lincoln
NE: Omaha
NH: Concord
NJ: Edison
NJ: Trenton
NM: Carlsbad
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas/9 13
NV: Washoe County
NY: Albany
NY: Hauppauge
NY: Lockport
NY: Rochester
NY: Syracuse
NY: Yaphank
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Painesville
OK: Oklahoma City
Number
of
Samples
8
8
7
7
8
4
7
5
9
8
2
o
6
i
8
3
9
5
5
8
8
7
4
1
8
6
5
7
9
8
9
7
8
7
5
7
9
9
7
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.2 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.4 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.7 0.0 0.1
1.0 0.1 0.4
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
1.2 0.1 0.6
1.1 0.1 0.6
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
1.4 0.0 0.4
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.1 0.2
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.014 0.006 0.010
0.023 0.007 0.015
0.015 0.004 0.008
0.009 0.003 0.006
0.014 0.004 0.009
0.011 0.004 0.007
0.024 0.005 0.012
0.023 0.007 0.014
0.023 0.006 0.017
0.031 0.007 0.017
0.013 0.009 0.011
0.011 0.005 0.008
0.016 0.011 0.013
0.014 0.004 0.010
0.020 0.013 0.017
0.024 0.005 0.012
0.012 0.005 0.009
0.010 0.005 0.007
0.034 0.004 0.015
0.025 0.004 0.015
0.026 0.003 0.014
0.022 0.007 0.015
0.006 0.006 0.006
0.008 0.005 0.006
0.013 0.007 0.009
0.029 0.008 0.015
0.018 0.009 0.013
0.019 0.006 0.012
0.017 0.010 0.014
0.014 0.004 0.009
0.009 0.004 0.007
0.013 0.005 0.008
0.011 0.005 0.008
0.013 0.009 0.011
0.006 0.002 0.005
0.011 0.006 0.009
0.018 0.006 0.013
0.030 0.004 0.013
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Table 4 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Participates
September 2009
Location
OK: Tulsa
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SD: Pierre
SD: Rapid City
TN: Knoxville
TN: Memphis
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: Amarillo
TX: Austin
TX: Corpus Christi
TX: Dallas
TX: Ft. Worth
TX: Houston
TX: Laredo
TX: SanAngelo
TX: San Antonio
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Harrisonburg
VA: Lynchburg
VA: Richmond
VA: Virginia Beach
WA: Olympia
WA: Seattle
WA: Spokane
WI: Madison
WI: Milwaukee
WV: Charleston
Number
of
Samples
8
6
8
4
6
4
2
7
7
7
5
2
7
7
7
7
7
8
3
4
5
3
9
8
8
8
7
9
6
9
6
8
7
9
9
9
6
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.5 0.4 0.8
0.8 0.1 0.5
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.7 0.1 0.4
1.0 0.2 0.5
1.0 0.2 0.6
0.8 0.1 0.4
0.4 0.1 0.2
1.8 0.3 0.7
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.2
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.9 0.1 0.4
2.1 0.0 0.3
0.8 0.1 0.6
0.3 0.0 0.2
1.6 0.2 0.9
1.0 0.2 0.7
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.6 0.1 0.4
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.020 0.005 0.013
0.020 0.006 0.011
0.016 0.005 0.011
0.019 0.015 0.018
0.013 0.009 0.011
0.014 0.007 0.011
0.015 0.010 0.012
0.028 0.013 0.017
0.017 0.007 0.012
0.014 0.004 0.010
0.020 0.008 0.013
0.020 0.006 0.013
0.025 0.010 0.017
0.023 0.010 0.016
0.026 0.009 0.017
0.027 0.009 0.018
0.026 0.009 0.016
0.023 0.005 0.013
0.020 0.004 0.012
0.018 0.002 0.011
0.014 0.006 0.009
0.012 0.008 0.010
0.020 0.004 0.011
0.014 0.003 0.008
0.030 0.006 0.014
0.018 0.003 0.011
0.019 0.008 0.013
0.018 0.006 0.012
0.017 0.008 0.012
0.014 0.005 0.009
0.008 0.005 0.006
0.006 0.003 0.004
0.006 0.003 0.004
0.012 0.004 0.008
0.017 0.006 0.011
0.016 0.005 0.011
0.027 0.009 0.015
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Table 5
Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation
July 2009
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
ID: Idaho Falls
KS: Kansas City
MI: Lansing
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch/510
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
NM: Santa Fe
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Nashville
TN:OakRidge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN:OakRidge/Y12E
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
Gross Beta
Activity
pCi/L ±2«
2.32 0.52
0.66 0.62
2.04 0.77
1.25 0.67
1.20 0.41
1.36 0.44
1.69 0.45
0.30 0.59
2.29 0.51
0.40 0.60
2.64 0.58
0.85 0.63
7.0 1.4
4.5 2.1
1.39 0.44
2.39 0.53
1.7 1.5
2.59 0.56
1.26 0.44
2.83 0.88
10.7 2.4
3.15 0.59
0.49 0.36
2.02 0.73
2.27 0.52
1.35 0.68
11.2 2.3
2.52 0.84
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
Be7
Be7
Pb212
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Pb212
K40
K40
Be7
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
23 17
ND
56 57
4.0 6.1
41 12
33 21
31 12
53 33
ND
ND
ND
ND
5.1 6.6
20 11
20 11
71 21
49 23
16 12
26 20
ND
64 23
ND
85 40
35 20
57 17
44 20
42 14
321 74
ND
Note: ND = Not Detected
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Table 6
Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation
August 2009
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
ID: Idaho Falls
KS: Kansas City
MI: Lansing
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch/510
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
NM: Santa Fe
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN:OakRidge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN:OakRidge/Y12E
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
Gross Beta
Activity
pCi/L ±2«
1.39 0.46
0.63 0.33
5.1 5.9
2.81 0.57
1.55 0.52
2.17 0.53
2.13 0.49
0.49 0.32
1.22 0.40
0.72 0.34
1.97 0.75
1.23 0.45
0.96 0.49
2.70 0.54
1.95 0.60
0.90 0.41
0.26 0.30
0.44 0.32
3.85 0.68
0.19 0.43
1.10 0.44
0.86 0.36
1.04 0.44
0.46 0.32
7.6 1.1
2.56 0.54
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
T1208
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
K40
Pb212
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
40 20
12 13
22 16
127 50
39 11
6.9 9.2
39 21
54 39
2.1 3.1
21 11
30 16
17.2 9.9
ND
38 18
28 19
37 17
23 11
6.1 9.0
ND
7.1 6.0
ND
78 43
ND
28 16
42 22
49 13
23 20
ND
61 20
Note: ND = Not Detected
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Table 7
Gross Beta and Specific Gamma in Precipitation
September 2009
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
ID: Idaho Falls
KS: Kansas City
MI: Lansing
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch/510
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
NM: Santa Fe
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN:OakRidge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN:OakRidge/Y12E
TX: Austin
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
Gross Beta
Activity
pCi/L ±2«
0.85 0.35
0.80 0.36
2.74 0.88
4.14 0.70
0.73 0.34
0.26 0.30
0.93 0.36
1.89 0.48
0.58 0.35
1.40 0.41
1.25 0.43
1.48 0.70
0.60 0.33
0.64 0.34
1.16 0.40
2.15 0.50
0.95 0.36
.63 0.43
.00 0.38
.32 0.40
0.54 0.32
.04 0.38
.25 0.41
.65 0.45
0.74 0.36
0.66 0.36
3.34 0.68
2.87 0.55
0.54 0.34
Gamma-Emitting
Radionuclides
Nuclide pCi/L ± 2«
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
K40
Be7
K40
K40
Be7
Be7
Be7
K40
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
Be7
32 11
ND
27 30
27 11
12 12
12.3 9.0
19 35
12.6 8.8
9 13
ND
35 48
50 36
21 14
15.3 8.1
25 30
8.9 8.3
ND
33 11
ND
ND
ND
43 16
45 13
14 15
27 12
ND
T1208 2.5 3.9
K40
ND
30 34
Note: ND = Not Detected
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Table 8
Tritium in Precipitation
July - September 2009
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
ID: Idaho Falls
KS: Kansas City
MI: Lansing
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch/510
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
NM: Santa Fe
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Knoxville
TN: Nashville
TN: Oak Ridge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 E
TX: Austin
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
July 2009
pCi/L ±2w
-49 74
-71 73
48 79
NS
-23 75
-17 77
-21 74
-18 75
44 79
-23 75
-63 73
2 75
-47 73
-39 75
-27 74
10 76
-6 75
-59 73
-24 75
76 80
-39 74
NS
-18 75
78 81
24 77
143 84
NS
26 77
11 75
NS
August 2009
pCi/L ±2«
-22 66
-13 65
NS
NS
38 82
-10 67
-50 64
-10 67
-32 78
-27 66
8 67
2 65
-68 64
74 70
21 69
-30 65
29 69
-19 66
5 67
28 81
19 68
21 68
-29 65
129 85
34 68
69 83
NS
NS
10 68
-25 79
September 2009
pCi/L ±2«
-15 97
20 97
NS
4 90
-3 91
17 97
40 100
-3 98
67 93
-15 90
25 99
54 99
80 100
150 110
5 97
50 100
80 100
-40 96
15 96
-6 90
-20 98
-27 96
27 97
59 93
103 99
-14 90
30 100
-16 90
57 99
154 97
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 paniculate 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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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 9
Tritium in Drinking Water
July - September 2009
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: W. Chicago
LA: New Orleans
MD: Baltimore
MD: Conowingo
MI: Detroit
MN: S. St. Paul
MN: Welch
MO: Jefferson City
MS: Jackson
MS: Port Gibson
MT: Helena
NC: Raleigh
ND: Bismarck
NE: Lincoln
NJ: Trenton
NJ: Waretown
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas
NV: Las Vegas
NY: Albany
NY: New York City
Date
Collected
07/22/09
07/10/09
07/09/09
07/15/09
07/14/09
07/07/09
07/06/09
07/02/09
07/27/09
07/09/09
07/06/09
07/27/09
07/20/09
07/28/09
09/29/09
08/12/09
07/15/09
09/21/09
07/21/09
08/04/09
09/28/09
07/08/09
07/28/09
09/15/09
07/13/09
07/13/09
07/16/09
07/07/09
07/07/09
07/10/09
07/02/09
07/07/09
07/10/09
07/06/09
07/07/09
08/10/09
07/01/09
09/29/09
07/30/09
07/22/09
3H
pCi/L ±2«
17 86
-44 81
45 77
277 95
26 83
-33 80
12 76
54 78
-18 76
-40 81
18 75
6 77
-22 81
-8 76
6 79
70 83
-10 82
2 69
33 85
52 82
-8 83
89 79
-14 75
97 73
-35 80
-57 79
26 86
-51 80
-16 82
-65 79
71 78
-40 81
-36 81
58 78
-10 74
15 80
42 77
-25 82
229 88
-32 82
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Tritium in Drinking Water
July - September 2009
Location
NY: Niagara Falls
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Columbus
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
TN:OakRidge/#768
TN:OakRidge/#772
TX: Austin
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Richland
WA: Seattle
Date
Collected
07/22/09
07/22/09
08/27/09
09/29/09
07/29/09
07/30/09
07/06/09
07/07/09
09/29/09
07/29/09
07/27/09
08/17/09
08/17/09
08/17/09
07/28/09
08/25/09
07/21/09
07/24/09
07/08/09
07/06/09
07/07/09
08/25/09
07/07/09
07/07/09
07/07/09
07/07/09
07/07/09
07/03/09
07/07/09
07/13/09
09/10/09
3H
pCi/L ±2«
62 88
28 86
-62 79
-11 79
92 81
355 93
115 81
-64 80
-4 79
25 77
60 78
37 80
142 86
51 82
26 81
-70 78
-19 84
-24 83
9 85
-19 84
161 83
-47 78
56 78
-32 81
63 78
-8 74
63 77
32 76
-8 81
-57 80
-15 69
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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 radionuclide 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 collection, one-fourth of the samples are also analyzed for strontium-90
on a four year rotating schedule.
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For More Information
Environmental Radiation Data(EKD) is published quarterly by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Office of Radiation and Indoor Air.
Requests for information concerning the operation of RadNet and the data that are generated
should be directed as follows:
For System Operations For Analytical Information and Data
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Montgomery, Alabama 36115-2601
e-mail: petko.charles@epa.gov
Requests for information concerning policies of the Office of Radiation and Indoor Air should be
directed to:
Jonathan Edwards
USEPA - ORIA
Radiation Protection Division (MC6608J)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
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