Hanford Site Environmental Report for Calendar Year 2004
Disclaimer
Preface
Acknowledgments
Summary
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Public Involvement at Hanford
3.0 Regulatory Oversight at Hanford
4.0 Environmental Program Information
5.0 Compliance Summary
5.1 Hazardous Materials
5.2 Environmental Remediation
5.3 Air Quality
5.4 Water Quality Protection
5.5 Natural and Cultural Resources
5.6 National Environmental Policy Act
5.7 Atomic Energy Act
5.8 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
5.9 Environmental Occurrences
5.10 Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization
6.0 Environmental Restoration
6.1 Cleanup Operations
6.2 Facility Decommissioning Activities
6.3 Waste Management Operations
6.4 Underground Waste Storage Tanks
6.5 Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant
6.6 Tank Treatment Technologies
7.0 Site Closure Activities
8.0 Environmental and Resource Protection Programs
8.1 Airborne Emissions from Hanford Site Facilities
8.2 Ambient-Air Monitoring
8.3 Liquid Effluent from Hanford Site Facilities
8.4 Surface-Water and Sediment Monitoring
8.5 Columbia River Shoreline Springs Monitoring
8.6 Radiological Monitoring of Hanford Site Drinking Water
8.7 Groundwater Monitoring
8.8 Food and Farm Products Monitoring
8.9 Soil Monitoring
8.10 Vegetation Monitoring
8.11 Fish and Wildlife Monitoring
8.12 Threatened and Endangered Species at Hanford
8.13 External Radiation Monitoring
8.14 Potential Radiological Doses from 2004 Hanford Site Operations
8.15 Cultural Resources Monitoring
8.16 Climate and Meteorology
8.17 Community Involvement in Environmental Surveillance
8.18 Quality Assurance
9.0 References
Appendices
A Helpful Information
B Glossary
C Additional Monitoring Results for 2004
D Standards and Permits
E Dose Calculations
F Radionuclides Measured by Gamma Spectroscopy (Gamma Scan)
Distribution List
