Savannah River Plant environment
Description
On June 20, 1972, the Atomic Energy Commission designated 192,323 acres of land near Aiken, SC, as the nation's first National Environmental Research Park. The designated land surrounds the Department of Energy's Savannah River Plant production complex. The site, which borders the Savannah River for 17 miles, includes swampland, pine forests, abandoned town sites, a large man-made lake for cooling water impoundment, fields, streams, and watersheds. This report is a description of the geological, hydrological, meteorological, and biological characteristics of the Savannah River Plant site and is intended as a source of information for those interested in environmental research at the site. 165 references, 68 figures, 52 tables
Availability note (English)
MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A12/MF A01; 1 as DE84010620.
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 254 p.
- Report number
- DP--1642
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15067428
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CLIMATES; COMPILED DATA; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIATION MONITORING; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; WILD ANIMALS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; DATA; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; MONITORING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATIONS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER