Measurements of the dilution of air contaminants between worker breathing zone and area air samplers were made by releasing a test aerosol in a workroom equipped with an aerosol surveillance system. The data were used to evaluate performance, and suggest improvements in design of the workroom's alarming air monitor system. It was found that a breathing zone concentration of 960 times the maximum permissible concentration in air (MPC/sub a/) for a half-hour was required to trigger alarms of the existing monitoring system under some release conditions. Alternative air monitor placement, suggested from dilution measurements, would reduce this average triggering concentration to 354 MPC/sub a/. Deployment of additional air monitors could further reduce the average triggering concentration to 241 MPC/sub a/. The relation between number of monitors and triggering concentration was studied. No significant decrease in average triggering concentration was noted for arrays containing greater than five monitors.

The activities associated with the procurement of the materials for the screening test program, information from vendor certification for the materials received, and preliminary information from the materials characterization tests performed by GE are reported. The construction status of the simulated reactor helium supply system, testing equipment, and gas chemistry analysis instrumentation and equipment are discussed. The final recommended impurity levels for the screening phase helium are presented and the rational behind this gas chemistry is discussed. The status of the data management system is presented.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a completed compromise settlement agreement constitutes a claim for compensation within article 8307 section 9a(e)(2),V.T.C.S

This report is an analysis of the President's Federal Water Policy initiatives of June 6, 1978. Recommendations were made on conservation, cost-sharing, planning procedures, and environmental protection.

A single-laboratory evaluation and an interlaboratory collaborative study were made of a method for determining plutonium in water. The method was written for the analysis of one-liter samples and involves coprecipitation, acid dissolution, anion exchange, electrodeposition, and alpha pulse height analysis. After the single-laboratory evaluation of the selected method, four samples were prepared for the collaborative study: two river-water samples, a substitute ocean water sample, and sample containing sediment. These samples contained plutonium-239 and plutonium-238 at concentrations ranging from 0.42 to 28.9 dis/min/liter. In the collaborative study standard deviations of plutonium concentrations ranged from 5 to 13%. In three cases, standard deviations agreed with those expected from counting statistics. It is believed that hydrolysis occurred in the river water samples resulting in errors greater than those expected from counting statistics.