Baseline air monitoring for LLW disposal sites

Environmental Science Associates, Inc., is conducting the air monitoring portion of US Ecology's site characterization studies for the California Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, which are now in progress. The current air monitoring program is reflective of existing agency guidance and the state of the art in meteorological, air quality, and radiological monitoring and sampling technology. This paper describes the air monitoring program and its regulatory basis. The current program is briefly evaluated for compliance with existing guidance documents, and recommendations are presented for implementation of future air monitoring for site characterization studies