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National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, Calendar Year 2007. Nevada Test Site.

DE2008934445

Publication Date	2008
Page Count	58
Abstract	The Nevada Test Site (NTS) is operated by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office. From 1951 through 1992, the NTS was operated as the nation's site for nuclear weapons testing. The release of man-made radionuclides from the NTS as a result of testing activities has been monitored since the first decade of atmospheric testing. After 1962, when nuclear tests were conducted only underground, the radiation exposure to the public surrounding the NTS was greatly reduced. After the 1992 moratorium on nuclear testing, radiation monitoring on the NTS focused on detecting airborne radionuclides which come from historically contaminated soils resuspended into the air (e.g., by winds) and tritium-contaminated soil moisture emitted to the air from soils through evapotranspiration. To protect the public from harmful levels of man-made radiation, the Clean Air Act, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) (Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 61 Subpart H) limits the release of radioactivity from a U.S. Department of Energy facility (e.g., the NTS) to 10 millirem per year (mrem/yr) effective dose equivalent to any member of the public.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Air pollution Emission standards Nevada Test Site Compliance Dose equivalents Dose limits Moisture Nuclear weapons Pollutants Radiation dose Radiation monitoring Radioactivity Radioisotopes Radon Regulations Sampling Soils Testing US EPA
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	National Nuclear Security Administration, Las Vegas, NV.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; National Security Technologies, LLC, Las Vegas, NV.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with National Security Technologies, LLC, Las Vegas, NV. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200901

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, Calendar Year 2007. Nevada Test Site.

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, Calendar Year 2007. Nevada Test Site.
DE2008934445

Publication Date	2008
Page Count	58
Abstract	The Nevada Test Site (NTS) is operated by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office. From 1951 through 1992, the NTS was operated as the nation's site for nuclear weapons testing. The release of man-made radionuclides from the NTS as a result of testing activities has been monitored since the first decade of atmospheric testing. After 1962, when nuclear tests were conducted only underground, the radiation exposure to the public surrounding the NTS was greatly reduced. After the 1992 moratorium on nuclear testing, radiation monitoring on the NTS focused on detecting airborne radionuclides which come from historically contaminated soils resuspended into the air (e.g., by winds) and tritium-contaminated soil moisture emitted to the air from soils through evapotranspiration. To protect the public from harmful levels of man-made radiation, the Clean Air Act, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) (Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 61 Subpart H) limits the release of radioactivity from a U.S. Department of Energy facility (e.g., the NTS) to 10 millirem per year (mrem/yr) effective dose equivalent to any member of the public.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Air pollution Emission standards Nevada Test Site Compliance Dose equivalents Dose limits Moisture Nuclear weapons Pollutants Radiation dose Radiation monitoring Radioactivity Radioisotopes Radon Regulations Sampling Soils Testing US EPA
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	National Nuclear Security Administration, Las Vegas, NV.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; National Security Technologies, LLC, Las Vegas, NV.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with National Security Technologies, LLC, Las Vegas, NV. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200901