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The Savannah River Site has produced plutonium, tritium, and other special nuclear materials for national defense, other government programs, and some civilian purposes. Strontium has been released to the environment during the operation of five reactors, two radiochemical processing facilities, and other supporting facilities. During the period 1954-1996, 110 GBq of 90Sr were released to the atmosphere and 5,400 GBq were released to site streams. The maximum individual effective dose equivalent at the site boundary was estimated to be 72 MuSv from atmospheric releases and 25 MuSv from liquid releases.The 80-km population dose was 0.3 person-Sv. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Savannah River Site has produced plutonium, tritium, and other special nuclear materials for national defense, other government programs, and some civilian purposes. Strontium has been released to the environment during the operation of five reactors, two radiochemical processing facilities, and other supporting facilities. During the period 1954-1996, 110 GBq of 90Sr were released to the atmosphere and 5,400 GBq were released to site streams. The maximum individual effective dose equivalent at the site boundary was estimated to be 72 microSv from atmospheric releases and 25 microSv from liquid releases. The 80-km population dose was 0.3 person-Sv.

The Savannah River Site has produced plutonium, tritium, and other special nuclear materials for national defense, other government programs, and some civilian purposes. Plutonium has been released to the environment during the operation of five reactors, two radiochemical processing facilities, and other supporting facilities. During the period 1954-1989, 140 GBq of plutonium were released to the atmosphere and 23 GBq were released to site streams and ponds. The maximum individual effective dose equivalent at the site boundary was estimated to be 120 microSv from atmospheric releases and 2.4 microSv from liquid releases. The 80-km population dose was 7.1 person-Sv.

The Savannah River Site has produced plutonium, tritium, and other special nuclear materials for national defense, other government programs, and some civilian purposes. Radiocesium, a waste product, has been released to the environment during the operation of five reactors, two radio-chemical processing facilities, and a high-level waste storage system. During the period 1955-1989, 130 GBq of 137Cs was released to the atmosphere and 2.2 x 10(4) GBq was released to site streams and ponds. Approximately 65% of the latter remained on the site. The maximum individual effective dose equivalent at the site boundary was estimated to be 3.3 microSv from atmospheric releases and 600 microSv from liquid releases. The 80-km population dose was 1.6 person-Sv.