Environmental monitoring at major U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration sites, calendar year 1974

The purpose of this compendium is to present, in a central reference document, all of the annual reports summarizing the results of the environmental monitoring programs conducted at each of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) sites which have a potential for environmental impact or which release a significant quantity of radioactivity or nonradioactive pollutants. The individual reports comprising this compendium were prepared in accordance with ERDA Manual Chapter 0513, ''effluent and Environmental Monitoring and Reporting.'' Each contains data on the levels of radioactivity and nonradioactive pollutants in effluents and the environs at each site, and an interpretation of effluent and environmental measurements and sampling results in relation to the appropriate standards for environmental protection, including estimates of potential radiation exposures offsite. It is noteworthy that, in most cases, these potential offsite exposures are so low they cannot be determined by direct measurement methods but must be estimated by calculational techniques. All offsite exposures from routine effluent releases were less than one percent of the radiation protection guidelines for the public in 1974.