402-R-11-007
ENVIRONMENTAL
RADIATION
DATA
REPORT 147
July-September 2011
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 18
2. Water Program 19
3. Milk Program 23
Pasteurized Milk 23
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List of Tables
Table Page
1 Reporting Units and Minimum Detectable Concentrations xiii
2 Gross Beta in Airborne Participates: July 2011 2
3 Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates: August 2011 6
4 Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates: September 2011 10
5 Specific Gamma in Precipitation: July 2011 14
6 Specific Gamma in Precipitation: August 2011 15
7 Specific Gamma in Precipitation: September 2011 16
8 Tritium in Precipitation: July - September 2011 17
9 Tritium in Drinking Water: July - September 2011 20
10 Radionuclides in Pasteurized Milk: July - September 2011 24
11 Strontium-90 in Pasteurized Milk: July-September 2011 25
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Preface
Environmental Radiation Data(ERD) 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 atwww.epa.gov/radnet-radnet-data/erd.html.
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 the ERAMSMamial(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 are
not detected.
Measurement Uncertainty
Each measured valuers reported with an expanded uncertainty U=k uc(y), which is determined
from the combined standard uncertainty uc(y) and the coverage factor k=2. 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 partic-
ulates 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 routinely, and field
measurements are made with a dual-phosphor scintillation counter at least 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 gas proportional counter. Gamma
scans are performed on all filters showing gross beta activity greater than 1 pCi/m3. The labora-
tory-obtained values are usually lower than the field estimates because of the decay of naturally
occurring radionuclides during the time between the two measurements.
All stations routinely submit precipitation samples as rainfall, snow, or sleet occurs. The precip-
itation 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 tritium and
gamma-emitting radionuclides. NAREL discontinued gross beta analysis of precipitation in
January 2010.
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 Particulates
July 2011
Location
AK: Anchorage
AK: Fairbanks
AK: Juneau
AL: Birmingham
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Fort Smith
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
AZ: Phoenix/956
AZ: Tucson
CA: Anaheim
CA: Bakersfield
CA: Eureka
CA: Fresno
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: Riverside
CA: Sacramento
CA: San Bernardino Cty.
CA: San Diego
CA: San Francisco
CA: San Jose
CO: Denver
CO: Grand Junction
CT: Hartford
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
IA: Mason City
Number
of
Samples
9
5
5
8
8
3
7
7
9
9
9
7
3
7
4
4
9
9
9
4
8
6
8
4
9
9
4
8
3
4
2
6
3
6
8
9
6
7
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
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
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
1.7 0.2 0.7
0.4 0.2 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.1
0.0 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
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
1.1 0.1 0.4
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 -0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.1 0.3
0.8 0.2 0.5
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.002 0.000 0.001
0.010 0.002 0.005
0.002 0.001 0.001
0.019 0.010 0.014
0.017 0.007 0.012
0.013 0.010 0.012
0.016 0.008 0.011
0.017 0.008 0.012
0.013 0.005 0.009
0.013 0.006 0.008
0.007 0.003 0.005
0.012 0.003 0.007
0.001 0.001 0.001
0.009 0.003 0.006
0.007 0.005 0.006
0.003 0.001 0.002
0.011 0.004 0.006
0.007 0.002 0.004
0.015 0.006 0.010
0.005 0.003 0.004
0.002 0.001 0.001
0.006 0.001 0.003
0.018 0.009 0.012
0.013 0.006 0.008
0.011 0.003 0.006
0.012 0.004 0.009
0.010 0.004 0.007
0.007 0.004 0.005
0.006 0.002 0.004
0.005 0.004 0.004
0.010 0.008 0.009
0.009 0.004 0.006
0.016 0.012 0.014
0.012 0.005 0.008
0.004 0.002 0.003
0.002 0.001 0.002
0.016 0.009 0.013
0.013 0.004 0.008
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Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
July 2011
Location
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Aurora
IL: Chicago
IN: Fort Wayne
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Kansas City
KS: Topeka
KS: Wichita
KY: Lexington
KY: Louisville
LA: Baton Rouge
LA: Shreveport
MA: Boston
MA: Worcester
MD: Baltimore
ME: Orono
ME: Portland
MI: Bay City 48708
MI: Detroit
MI: Grand Rapids
MI: Lansing
MN: Duluth
MN: St. Paul
MO: Jefferson City
MO: Springfield
MS: Jackson/Deq
MT: Billings
NC: Raleigh
NC: Wilmington
ND: Bismarck
NE: Kearney
NE: Lincoln
NE: Omaha
NH: Concord
NJ: Edison
NJ: Trenton
NM: Albuquerque
NM: Carlsbad
Number
of
Samples
8
4
5
3
8
8
8
5
6
8
8
8
9
8
5
3
2
7
6
7
2
6
3
9
4
8
9
4
4
5
5
8
4
4
7
7
5
5
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.1 0.2
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.2 -0.0 0.0
0.4 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.1 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.2 0.3
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.3 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.1 0.2
1.7 0.0 0.2
0.4 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.2 0.4
0.7 0.1 0.4
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.8 0.1 0.4
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.0 0.3
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.013 0.006 0.010
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.013 0.007 0.009
0.014 0.009 0.011
0.017 0.007 0.012
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.015 0.008 0.012
0.013 0.006 0.010
0.029 0.006 0.020
0.013 0.005 0.009
0.008 0.003 0.005
0.011 0.004 0.006
0.008 0.003 0.006
0.011 0.004 0.008
0.013 0.006 0.010
0.007 0.003 0.005
0.009 0.006 0.008
0.010 0.003 0.006
0.011 0.003 0.008
0.012 0.003 0.008
0.021 0.006 0.014
0.007 0.003 0.005
0.011 0.009 0.010
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.014 0.007 0.010
0.018 0.007 0.010
0.020 0.008 0.012
0.012 0.007 0.009
0.009 0.007 0.008
0.009 0.004 0.007
0.010 0.008 0.009
0.013 0.006 0.009
0.009 0.008 0.008
0.008 0.007 0.007
0.012 0.004 0.007
0.018 0.007 0.012
0.011 0.005 0.008
0.020 0.011 0.014
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Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
July 2011
Location
NM: Navajo Lake St Park
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas/9 13
NV: Reno
NY: Albany
NY: Lockport
NY: New York City
NY: Rochester
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Cleveland
OH: Painesville
OH: Toledo
OK: Oklahoma City
OK: Tulsa
OR: Corvallis
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
PR: San Juan
RI: Providence
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: Austin
TX: Corpus Christi
TX: Dallas
TX: El Paso
Number
of
Samples
1
5
2
9
8
9
5
6
1
9
5
8
6
7
4
8
9
8
4
2
8
5
1
4
7
2
5
4
7
7
7
7
6
7
4
3
9
2
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.4 0.1 0.3
0.8 0.1 0.3
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.9 0.2 0.4
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.8 0.0 0.3
0.2 0.2 0.2
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 -0.0 0.0
0.9 0.3 0.7
1.3 0.5 0.9
1.2 0.4 0.8
1.0 0.3 0.6
0.5 0.2 0.4
0.3 0.0 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.8 0.3 0.6
1.1 0.5 0.8
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.005 0.005 0.005
0.011 0.003 0.007
0.010 0.007 0.009
0.016 0.008 0.011
0.016 0.005 0.011
0.011 0.005 0.007
0.014 0.005 0.009
0.008 0.003 0.006
0.004 0.004 0.004
0.016 0.006 0.013
0.008 0.005 0.007
0.011 0.006 0.009
0.020 0.007 0.013
0.013 0.007 0.009
0.019 0.009 0.013
0.003 0.001 0.002
0.003 0.001 0.002
0.011 0.005 0.008
0.013 0.007 0.010
0.011 0.007 0.009
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.008 0.005 0.007
0.011 0.011 0.011
0.015 0.008 0.012
0.012 0.006 0.008
0.009 0.007 0.008
0.016 0.008 0.012
0.013 0.007 0.010
0.014 0.008 0.011
0.016 0.010 0.014
0.015 0.012 0.013
0.016 0.012 0.014
0.015 0.011 0.014
0.018 0.013 0.015
0.012 0.008 0.010
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.016 0.005 0.008
0.014 0.012 0.013
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Table 2 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
July 2011
Location
TX: Ft. Worth
TX: Harlingen
TX: Houston
TX: Laredo
TX: San Angelo
TX: San Antonio
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Harrisonburg
VA: Lynchburg
VA: Richmond
VA: Virginia Beach
WA: Olympia
WA: Richland
WA: Seattle
WA: Spokane
WI: Madison
WI: Milwaukee
WV: Charleston
Number
of
Samples
7
8
9
7
8
8
8
8
6
9
7
8
8
4
8
6
8
6
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.7 0.1 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.0 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.7 0.3 0.4
0.3 0.1 0.2
2.3 0.5 1.1
1.0 0.4 0.8
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.6 0.2 0.4
0.2 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.013 0.005 0.009
0.012 0.006 0.008
0.001 0.000 0.000
0.010 0.006 0.008
0.015 0.006 0.009
0.012 0.005 0.008
0.017 0.010 0.012
0.017 0.008 0.014
0.017 0.010 0.014
0.013 0.004 0.008
0.010 0.004 0.008
0.003 0.001 0.002
0.006 0.003 0.004
0.002 0.001 0.002
0.007 0.003 0.005
0.013 0.006 0.008
0.010 0.004 0.006
0.015 0.008 0.011
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Table 3
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
August 2011
Location
AK: Anchorage
AK: Fairbanks
AK: Juneau
AL: Birmingham
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Fort Smith
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
AZ: Phoenix/956
AZ: Tucson
CA: Anaheim
CA: Bakersfield
CA: Eureka
CA: Fresno
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: Riverside
CA: Sacramento
CA: San Bernardino Cty.
CA: San Diego
CA: San Francisco
CA: San Jose
CO: Denver
CO: Grand Junction
CT: Hartford
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
IA: Mason City
Number
of
Samples
8
9
7
9
9
2
9
8
8
9
6
7
4
9
5
5
9
9
9
5
8
7
8
7
7
8
5
9
6
9
4
7
5
7
9
9
8
2
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
1.4 0.2 0.7
0.7 0.2 0.4
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
8.7 0.0 1.5
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.2 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.0 0.1
0.9 0.4 0.6
0.4 0.4 0.4
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
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 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.1 0.3
0.3 0.2 0.2
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.002 0.000 0.001
0.004 0.001 0.002
0.002 0.001 0.001
0.028 0.007 0.017
0.020 0.008 0.015
0.018 0.011 0.014
0.015 0.005 0.011
0.018 0.009 0.013
0.017 0.006 0.011
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.014 0.004 0.008
0.011 0.006 0.008
0.003 0.001 0.002
0.013 0.006 0.008
0.014 0.005 0.008
0.005 0.002 0.004
0.012 0.005 0.009
0.008 0.002 0.005
0.019 0.008 0.012
0.011 0.004 0.007
0.004 0.001 0.002
0.006 0.002 0.004
0.015 0.008 0.012
0.011 0.006 0.009
0.010 0.004 0.006
0.013 0.005 0.008
0.012 0.004 0.008
0.013 0.006 0.008
0.006 0.002 0.004
0.009 0.003 0.006
0.016 0.011 0.014
0.014 0.005 0.008
0.017 0.009 0.013
0.013 0.005 0.009
0.003 0.002 0.003
0.003 0.001 0.002
0.018 0.007 0.013
0.009 0.007 0.008
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Table 3 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
August 2011
Location
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Aurora
IL: Chicago
IN: Fort Wayne
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Kansas City
KS: Topeka
KS: Wichita
KY: Lexington
KY: Louisville
LA: Baton Rouge
LA: Shreveport
MA: Boston
MA: Worcester
MD: Baltimore
ME: Orono
MI: Bay City 48708
MI: Detroit
MI: Grand Rapids
MI: Lansing
MN: Duluth
MN: St. Paul
MO: Jefferson City
MO: Springfield
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: Albuquerque
NM: Carlsbad
Number
of
Samples
9
6
9
2
9
6
9
8
9
9
8
7
9
8
5
2
7
9
8
9
5
5
9
8
8
7
7
5
5
9
8
5
3
4
7
6
4
7
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.7 0.1 0.3
0.7 0.1 0.3
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.6 0.1 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.3
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.5 0.1 0.2
0.3 -0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.8 0.0 0.2
0.8 0.1 0.4
0.7 -0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.0 0.2
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.015 0.008 0.011
0.017 0.006 0.012
0.012 0.005 0.008
0.014 0.013 0.013
0.017 0.006 0.011
0.008 0.005 0.007
0.015 0.007 0.011
0.016 0.007 0.011
0.024 0.013 0.019
0.016 0.005 0.009
0.011 0.004 0.007
0.012 0.005 0.007
0.007 0.003 0.005
0.012 0.006 0.008
0.016 0.010 0.013
0.012 0.003 0.008
0.011 0.004 0.007
0.013 0.005 0.008
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.033 0.015 0.021
0.008 0.004 0.005
0.015 0.006 0.010
0.020 0.006 0.010
0.013 0.007 0.010
0.019 0.008 0.013
0.018 0.010 0.012
0.019 0.011 0.013
0.011 0.005 0.009
0.012 0.005 0.008
0.013 0.006 0.008
0.014 0.006 0.010
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.011 0.008 0.009
0.009 0.004 0.005
0.007 0.003 0.005
0.011 0.006 0.009
0.007 0.005 0.006
0.020 0.011 0.015
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Table 3 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
August 2011
Location
NM: Navajo Lake St Park
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Reno
NY: Albany
NY: Lockport
NY: New York City
NY: Rochester
NY: Syracuse
NY: Yaphank
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Cleveland
OH: Painesville
OH: Toledo
OK: Oklahoma City
OR: Corvallis
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia
PA: Pittsburgh
PR: San Juan
RI: Providence
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: El Paso
Number
of
Samples
3
2
9
6
9
5
7
2
2
9
7
8
9
8
9
9
7
4
5
7
4
3
4
6
1
4
2
4
9
9
9
9
9
3
3
2
6
5
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.1 0.3
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.1
1.4 0.0 0.3
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.0 0.3
0.2 0.2 0.2
0.7 0.1 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.9 0.4 0.6
1.1 0.6 0.8
1.4 0.5 0.8
0.9 0.4 0.6
0.3 0.2 0.3
2.0 0.1 1.2
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.3 0.0 0.7
1.1 0.5 0.8
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.006 0.004 0.005
0.007 0.004 0.006
0.018 0.007 0.012
0.012 0.005 0.009
0.011 0.004 0.007
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.007 0.007 0.007
0.006 0.005 0.005
0.018 0.006 0.011
0.013 0.006 0.009
0.011 0.005 0.009
0.019 0.007 0.013
0.029 0.006 0.011
0.004 0.001 0.003
0.004 0.002 0.003
0.010 0.004 0.007
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.017 0.007 0.011
0.010 0.002 0.007
0.007 0.004 0.006
0.014 0.007 0.011
0.015 0.011 0.013
0.010 0.006 0.009
0.016 0.016 0.016
0.016 0.009 0.013
0.017 0.011 0.014
0.013 0.009 0.011
0.020 0.008 0.014
0.020 0.009 0.014
0.025 0.009 0.015
0.020 0.010 0.014
0.019 0.009 0.013
0.025 0.013 0.018
0.009 0.007 0.008
0.007 0.003 0.005
0.012 0.005 0.008
0.017 0.013 0.015
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Table 3 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
August 2011
Location
TX: Ft. Worth
TX: Harlingen
TX: Houston
TX: Laredo
TX: San Angelo
TX: San Antonio
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Harrisonburg
VA: Lynchburg
VA: Richmond
VA: Virginia Beach
VT: Burlington
WA: Olympia
WA: Richland
WA: Seattle
WA: Spokane
WI: Madison
WI: Milwaukee
WV: Charleston
Number
of
Samples
9
7
7
8
8
7
8
9
9
8
9
2
9
10
4
10
9
8
6
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.5 0.0 0.1
1.0 0.0 0.6
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.1 0.3
0.2 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.3 0.4
0.4 0.0 0.1
2.7 0.4 1.2
1.3 0.2 0.7
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.1
1.6 0.1 0.6
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.019 0.005 0.011
0.018 0.004 0.008
0.001 0.000 0.000
0.012 0.004 0.008
0.012 0.004 0.008
0.008 0.003 0.005
0.017 0.009 0.013
0.031 0.007 0.015
0.018 0.008 0.012
0.012 0.006 0.008
0.016 0.006 0.009
0.007 0.004 0.005
0.005 0.001 0.003
0.008 0.004 0.006
0.004 0.002 0.002
0.010 0.005 0.007
0.015 0.006 0.009
0.009 0.004 0.006
0.015 0.008 0.011
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Table 4
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
September 2011
Location
AK: Anchorage
AK: Fairbanks
AK: Juneau
AL: Birmingham
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Fort Smith
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
AZ: Phoenix/956
AZ: Tucson
CA: Anaheim
CA: Bakersfield
CA: Eureka
CA: Fresno
CA: Los Angeles
CA: Richmond
CA: Riverside
CA: Sacramento
CA: San Bernardino Cty.
CA: San Diego
CA: San Francisco
CA: San Jose
CO: Denver
CO: Grand Junction
CT: Hartford
DC: Washington
FL: Jacksonville
FL: Miami
FL: Orlando
FL: Tallahassee
FL: Tampa
GA: Atlanta
GA: Augusta
HI: Hilo
HI: Honolulu
IA: Des Moines
IA: Mason City
ID: Idaho Falls
Number
of
Samples
8
9
7
9
9
5
8
9
9
9
7
5
5
3
4
4
9
9
9
2
9
9
8
7
8
9
8
4
8
4
7
4
6
9
9
7
1
8
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.0 -0.0 -0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.1
2.8 0.3 1.3
0.8 0.1 0.5
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
3.6 0.1 1.4
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.6 0.5 0.5
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.2 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
1.0 0.1 0.5
0.3 0.3 0.3
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 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
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.1 0.2
0.3 0.3 0.3
1.7 0.1 0.6
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.002 0.001 0.001
0.003 0.002 0.002
0.002 0.001 0.001
0.021 0.006 0.012
0.017 0.006 0.012
0.015 0.010 0.012
0.015 0.009 0.012
0.017 0.012 0.015
0.018 0.007 0.012
0.018 0.010 0.014
0.018 0.006 0.013
0.018 0.011 0.013
0.004 0.001 0.003
0.014 0.010 0.012
0.018 0.011 0.014
0.009 0.006 0.007
0.020 0.008 0.013
0.011 0.005 0.007
0.024 0.013 0.018
0.010 0.006 0.008
0.006 0.002 0.003
0.011 0.006 0.008
0.018 0.010 0.014
0.015 0.008 0.011
0.013 0.002 0.005
0.011 0.002 0.006
0.013 0.003 0.006
0.004 0.002 0.003
0.010 0.003 0.005
0.017 0.004 0.010
0.015 0.003 0.007
0.011 0.007 0.009
0.012 0.003 0.008
0.005 0.002 0.003
0.003 0.002 0.002
0.015 0.007 0.010
0.006 0.006 0.006
0.017 0.009 0.013
10
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Table 4 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
September 2011
Location
IL: Aurora
IL: Chicago
IN: Fort Wayne
IN: Indianapolis
KS: Kansas City
KS: Topeka
KS: Wichita
KY: Lexington
KY: Louisville
LA: Baton Rouge
LA: Shreveport
MA: Boston
MA: Worcester
MD: Baltimore
ME: Orono
ME: Portland
MI: Bay City 48708
MI: Detroit
MI: Grand Rapids
MI: Lansing
MN: Duluth
MN: St. Paul
MO: Jefferson City
MO: Springfield
MO: St. Louis
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: Albuquerque
Number
of
Samples
8
9
2
8
8
9
8
8
7
8
8
9
8
3
4
5
9
8
7
8
7
4
8
9
5
8
3
9
6
4
8
8
9
3
7
7
7
2
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.9 0.1 0.3
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.4 0.1 0.1
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.8 0.0 0.2
1.2 0.0 0.3
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.0 0.1
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.2 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
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.
0.3 0.0 0.
0.1 0.0 0.
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.2 0.0 0.
0.2 0.0 0.
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 -0.0 0.1
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.1 0.2
0.6 0.2 0.4
1.5 0.3 0.7
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.014 0.007 0.010
0.014 0.003 0.008
0.017 0.009 0.013
0.015 0.004 0.009
0.022 0.004 0.009
0.015 0.006 0.011
0.021 0.008 0.012
0.030 0.013 0.017
0.015 0.007 0.011
0.010 0.004 0.006
0.012 0.004 0.009
0.010 0.002 0.004
0.016 0.004 0.008
0.011 0.006 0.009
0.008 0.003 0.006
0.010 0.002 0.005
0.012 0.003 0.007
0.014 0.004 0.008
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.037 0.012 0.023
0.007 0.001 0.005
0.011 0.004 0.007
0.015 0.005 0.008
0.020 0.007 0.010
0.011 0.006 0.009
0.019 0.006 0.012
0.037 0.014 0.022
0.017 0.004 0.010
0.010 0.002 0.006
0.006 0.002 0.005
0.015 0.003 0.009
0.015 0.005 0.008
0.012 0.004 0.008
0.013 0.007 0.010
0.022 0.003 0.008
0.009 0.003 0.004
0.010 0.003 0.006
0.011 0.008 0.009
11
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Table 4 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
September 2011
Location
NM: Carlsbad
NM: Navajo Lake St Park
NM: Santa Fe
NV: Reno
NY: Albany
NY: Lockport
NY: New York City
NY: Rochester
NY: Syracuse
NY: Yaphank
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Cleveland
OH: Painesville
OH: Toledo
OK: Oklahoma City
OK: Tulsa
OR: Corvallis
OR: Portland
PA: Harrisburg
PA: Philadelphia
PR: San Juan
RI: Providence
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: Dallas
TX: Ft. Worth
Number
of
Samples
4
3
2
8
7
9
4
8
3
4
9
6
8
8
8
4
5
9
7
4
9
4
2
4
7
1
4
5
9
8
8
8
8
8
3
5
9
9
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.5 0.0 0.3
0.2 0.1 0.2
0.4 0.0 0.2
0.8 0.3 0.5
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 -0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 -0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
0.8 0.0 0.2
0.4 0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 0.0 0.1
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 -0.0 0.1
0.0 -0.0 0.0
0.1 -0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 0.1
1.1 0.3 0.6
0.5 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 -0.0 0.0
1.1 0.1 0.5
1.3 0.1 0.7
1.4 0.1 0.8
1.2 0.1 0.6
0.7 0.1 0.3
2.2 0.3 1.2
0.7 0.0 0.3
1.0 0.0 0.5
0.5 0.1 0.2
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.024 0.015 0.019
0.018 0.006 0.013
0.009 0.007 0.008
0.022 0.014 0.017
0.015 0.003 0.009
0.013 0.003 0.007
0.008 0.003 0.006
0.009 0.002 0.005
0.010 0.004 0.007
0.007 0.002 0.004
0.020 0.003 0.011
0.007 0.002 0.005
0.019 0.004 0.010
0.021 0.004 0.012
0.016 0.006 0.009
0.011 0.007 0.009
0.006 0.003 0.004
0.005 0.002 0.004
0.010 0.001 0.005
0.008 0.003 0.005
0.008 0.001 0.004
0.017 0.004 0.008
0.011 0.006 0.008
0.018 0.003 0.011
0.016 0.004 0.009
0.012 0.012 0.012
0.015 0.003 0.009
0.018 0.010 0.014
0.017 0.006 0.011
0.016 0.010 0.012
0.019 0.011 0.013
0.020 0.011 0.014
0.019 0.011 0.014
0.023 0.009 0.013
0.019 0.014 0.016
0.018 0.012 0.015
0.013 0.007 0.010
0.020 0.008 0.014
12
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Table 4 (continued)
Gross Beta in Airborne Particulates
September 2011
Location
TX: Harlingen
TX: Laredo
TX: San Angelo
TX: San Antonio
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Harrisonburg
VA: Lynchburg
VA: Richmond
VA: Virginia Beach
VT: Burlington
WA: Olympia
WA: Richland
WA: Seattle
WA: Spokane
WI: Madison
WI: Milwaukee
WV: Charleston
Number
of
Samples
8
9
7
8
9
9
6
5
9
8
8
8
4
8
8
6
6
5-hour Field
Estimate
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
1.1 0.6 0.9
1.0 0.1 0.5
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.2 0.6
0.5 0.1 0.3
0.9 0.1 0.5
1.1 0.1 0.5
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.7 0.1 0.2
0.7 0.1 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 -0.0 0.0
NAREL Lab
Measurement
Max Min Avg
(pCi/m3)
0.011 0.007 0.009
0.012 0.007 0.009
0.017 0.007 0.012
0.015 0.007 0.010
0.020 0.012 0.015
0.016 0.002 0.009
0.012 0.006 0.009
0.009 0.002 0.005
0.012 0.002 0.006
0.013 0.002 0.006
0.005 0.003 0.004
0.016 0.002 0.007
0.004 0.003 0.003
0.018 0.003 0.009
0.019 0.002 0.008
0.012 0.004 0.006
0.014 0.007 0.010
13
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Table 5
Specific Gamma in Precipitation
July 2011
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
HI: Honolulu
ID: Idaho Falls
KS: Kansas City
MA: Boston
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: Oak Ridge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 E
TX: El Paso
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
Nuclide
Be?
Pb212
Bi212
Be?
Be?
Pb212
T1208
Pb212
T1208
Be?
Bi212
Be?
K40
Be?
pCi/L±
110
ND
3.3
ND
ND
13
168
ND
ND
ND
101
ND
1.8
0.73
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
1.5
0.66
92
21
ND
ND
ND
72
7.7
ND
ND
ND
ND
68
2u
59
2.8
12
82
44
1.4
0.67
1.2
0.65
88
12
49
5.9
59
14
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Table 6
Specific Gamma in Precipitation
August 2011
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
CT: Hartford
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
HI: Honolulu
ID: Idaho Falls
KS: Kansas City
MA: Boston
MI: Lansing
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch/510
NC: Charlotte
NC: Wilmington
NY: Albany
NY: Yaphank
OH: Painesville
PA: Harrisburg
TN: Nashville
TN:OakRidge/K25
TN: Oak Ridge/Melton
TN: Oak Ridge/Y12 E
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
Nuclide pCi/L ±
T1208 1.6
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
T1208 1.28
ND
ND
ND
Be? 57
ND
ND
ND
ND
Be? 94
ND
ND
ND
Ra228 4.5
ND
ND
ND
2u
1.2
0.90
48
62
4.3
15
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Table 7
Specific Gamma in Precipitation
September 2011
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
ID: Idaho Falls
KS: Kansas City
MA: Boston
MI: Lansing
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: El Paso
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
Nuclide
Csl37
K40
T1208
T1208
Pb212
Pb212
T1208
T1208
T1208
Ra228
Ra228
T1208
T1208
K40
Pa234m
Ra228
Pb212
Bi212
T1208
T1208
Be?
T1208
pCi/L±
ND
ND
17.8
105
1.4
1.1
3.4
3.3
1.4
1.8
ND
ND
ND
1.2
ND
6.5
4.7
1.0
ND
1.6
23
290
6.7
ND
ND
ND
2.4
17
1.56
1.2
ND
89
1.1
2u
6.5
81
1.2
1.0
2.3
2.6
1.1
1.2
1.0
5.4
4.6
1.0
1.2
22
250
4.6
2.1
11
0.94
1.1
86
1.0
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Table 8
Tritium in Precipitation
July - September 2011
Location
AL: Montgomery/408
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Richmond
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
HI: Honolulu
ID: Idaho Falls
KS: Kansas City
MA: Boston
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: El Paso
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Olympia
July 2011
pCi/L ±2M
6 87
NS
8 98
-101 93
-8 96
28 88
10 88
83 92
-98 92
-26 96
28 98
60 90
-8 85
-28 91
54 90
-18 87
2 87
-68 93
50 89
36 89
-4 88
-94 93
28 89
28 88
NS
28 88
61 91
60 90
-95 93
NS
8 87
-107 93
August 2011
pCi/L ±2«
-19 95
-40 93
NS
NS
NS
-112 92
-103 93
4 97
-70 92
-84 91
13 96
-68 93
-4 96
4 95
-30 94
-64 94
-70 94
NS
-103 92
-100 92
31 96
NS
-87 92
NS
-43 94
36 97
47 99
-23 95
NS
-4 95
-120 93
-75 91
September 2011
pCi/L ±2w
-57 87
59 83
NS
2 80
-32 79
58 91
88 93
12 89
NS
20 81
-11 80
48 90
7 80
NS
NS
15 89
52 91
45 82
33 88
23 89
65 84
-7 80
19 88
-72 92
71 92
34 97
190 100
-78 92
39 82
22 82
58 91
30 82
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.
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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, 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 on annual composites; (d) iodine-131 on one quarterly
sample per year for each station; and (e) 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
on annual composites; and (f) strontium-90 on one-fourth of the annual composites on a four
year rotating schedule.
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Table 9
Tritium in Drinking Water
July-September 2011
Location
AK: Fairbanks
AL: Dothan
AL: Montgomery
AR: Little Rock
CO: Denver
CT: Hartford
DE: Dover
FL: Tampa
GA: Baxley
GA: Savannah
HI: Honolulu
IA: Cedar Rapids
ID: Boise
ID: Idaho Falls
IL: Morris
KS: Topeka
LA: New Orleans
MD: Baltimore
MN: St. Paul
MN: Welch
MO: Jefferson City
MS: Jackson
MS: Port Gibson
MT: Helena
NC: Raleigh
ND: Bismarck
NE: Lincoln
NJ: Trenton
NJ: Waretown
NV: Las Vegas
NY: Albany
NY: Niagara Falls
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Columbus
OH: E. Liverpool
OH: Painesville
OH: Toledo
OR: Portland
PA: Philadelphia/Baxter
Date
Collected
07/07/11
07/07/11
07/07/11
07/05/11
07/07/11
07/13/11
07/08/11
07/08/11
08/09/11
09/21/11
09/30/11
08/15/11
07/06/11
07/26/11
09/29/11
08/18/11
09/30/11
07/13/11
07/12/11
07/12/11
07/05/11
07/05/11
07/05/11
07/07/11
09/02/11
08/22/11
07/06/11
09/08/11
09/12/11
08/26/11
07/25/11
07/27/11
07/29/11
07/06/11
07/26/11
08/03/11
09/15/11
07/11/11
09/30/11
08/31/11
3H
pCi/L ±2«
104 87
-36 74
45 84
35 84
25 76
67 85
2 75
7 75
-47 81
0 91
-6 91
-24 82
45 84
17 92
-4 90
-84 79
21 92
-34 74
4 75
9 75
53 84
65 85
43 84
104 87
-21 82
13 84
8 82
25 92
-29 90
-33 81
-13 74
73 95
31 93
152 90
-28 81
-32 81
27 92
112 80
38 88
-22 81
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Table 9 (continued)
Tritium in Drinking Water
July-September 2011
Location
PA: Philadelphia/Belmont
PA: Philadelphia/Queen
PA: Pittsburgh
RI: Providence
SC: Barnwell
SC: Columbia
SC: Jenkinsville
SC: Seneca
TN: Knoxville
TN: Oak Ridge/#360
TN:OakRidge/#371
TN: Oak Ridge/#4442
TN:OakRidge/#768
TN:OakRidge/#772
VA: Lynchburg
WA: Richland
WI: Madison
Date
Collected
08/31/11
08/31/11
08/03/11
08/04/11
07/15/11
07/19/11
07/13/11
07/11/11
07/29/11
07/05/11
07/05/11
07/05/11
07/05/11
07/05/11
08/23/11
08/10/11
07/07/11
3H
pCi/L ±2«
-65 80
-43 81
-50 89
-58 80
-16 74
66 78
-32 73
2 75
19 92
72 85
71 86
83 86
33 84
49 85
-56 80
-47 81
94 86
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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 10
Radionuclides in Pasteurized Milk
July-September 2011
Location
AR: Fort Smith
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CA: Los Angeles
CA: San Francisco
CT: Hartford
DE: Wilmington
FL: Plant City
HI: Hilo
IA: Des Moines
KS: Wichita
KY: Louisville
MD: Baltimore
MO: Jefferson City
NJ: Trenton
NM: Albuquerque
NY: Buffalo
NY: Syracuse
OH: Cincinnati
OH: Cleveland
OR: Portland
PA: Pittsburgh
TN: Chattanooga
TN: Knoxville
TN: Memphis
TX: San Antonio
WA: Spokane
WA: Tacoma
WV: Charleston
Date
Collected
09/28/11
07/11/11
09/02/11
08/18/11
07/20/11
07/28/11
08/01/11
07/25/11
07/28/11
07/18/11
08/01/11
07/11/11
07/13/11
07/19/11
07/25/11
07/22/11
09/13/11
07/18/11
08/23/11
07/11/11
08/09/11
07/20/11
08/10/11
08/02/11
07/25/11
07/25/11
07/26/11
09/30/11
07/13/11
K
g/L ±2w
1.57 0.18
1.49 0.19
1.73 0.20
1.64 0.19
1.87 0.23
1.55 0.19
1.58 0.19
1.42 0.18
1.53 0.19
1.53 0.19
1.66 0.20
1.60 0.20
1.60 0.21
1.50 0.20
1.60 0.20
1.55 0.20
1.69 0.19
1.62 0.20
1.62 0.19
1.61 0.20
1.64 0.19
1.56 0.19
1.67 0.19
1.67 0.19
1.48 0.19
1.63 0.20
1.47 0.19
1.68 0.19
1.50 0.19
137Cs
pCi/L ±2«
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
3.7 2.6
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
NR
ND
NR
NR
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
131j
pCi/L ±2u
ND
ND
NR
NR
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
NR
ND
NR
ND
NR
NR
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
Note: ND = Not detected
NR = No result (not analyzed within 5 half-lives of collection)
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Table 11
Strontium-90 in Pasteurized Milk
July-September 2011
Location
AR: Little Rock
AZ: Phoenix
CT: Hartford
DE: Wilmington
KS: Wichita
NY: Buffalo
OH: Cincinnati
OR: Portland
TN: Knoxville
Date
Collected
07/11/11
09/02/11
07/28/11
08/01/11
08/01/11
09/13/11
08/23/11
08/09/11
08/02/11
90Sr
pCi/L ±2u
0.02 0.94
-0.89 0.84
0.24 0.42
0.19 0.43
0.68 0.42
0.63 0.37
0.51 0.36
0.30 0.29
-0.12 0.77
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For More Information
Environmental Radiation Data(ERD) 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:
Requests for information concerning the operation of RadNet, the data that are generated, or
publication and distribution of ERD should be directed to:
Charles M. Petko
Office of the Director
National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
540 South Morris Avenue
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
e-mail: edwards.jonathan@epa.gov
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