Published 1976
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Report
Interrelations of surface air concentrations and soil characteristics at Rocky Flats
Description
The hot particle problem and sampling bias render short-term air measurements at Rocky Flats uncertain and possibly nonrepresentative of average conditions. Resuspended total mass and plutonium concentrations are inversely related to precipitation and soil moisture. The respirable fraction of both mass and activity concentrations in surface air averages about 40 percent. Only 2.5 percent of the respirable mass is derived from local soil surfaces. At the time of measurement the resuspension factor was 3 x 10-9 m-1
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Atmosphere-surface exchange of particulate and gaseous pollutants (1974)
- Imprint Pagination
- p. 744-756.
- Report number
- CONF-740921--
Conference
- Title
- Atmosphere - surface exchange of particulate and gaseous pollutants symposium.
- Dates
- 4 Sep 1974.
- Place
- Richland, Washington, USA.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 8281160
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AEROSOLS; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH HAZARDS; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; ROCKY FLATS PLANT; SAMPLING; SOILS; SURFACE AIR
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; AIR; COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; HAZARDS; INTAKE; METALS; MONITORING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; SIZE; SOLS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS