Environmental surveillance at Los Alamos during 2008

Abstract

This report addresses both the lay person and the scientist. Each reader may have limited or comprehensive interest in this report. We have tried to make it accessible to all without compromising its scientific integrity. Following arc directions advising each audience on how best to use this document. Lay Person wish Limited InterestRead Part I, the Executive Summary, which describes the Laboratory's environmental monitoring operations and summarizes environmental data for this year. Emphasis is on the significance of findings and environmental regulatory compliance. A glossary is in the back. Lay Person with ComprehensiveInterest. Follow directions for the "Lay Person with Limited Interest" given above. Also, summaries of each section of the report arc in boldface type and precede the technical text. Read summaries of those sections that interest you. Further details are in the text following each summary. Appendix A (Standards for Environmental Contaminants) and Appendix F (Description of Technical Areas and Their Associated Programs) may also be helpful.3. Scientists with Limited Interest. Read Part 1, the Executive Summary, to determine the parts of the Laboratory's environmental program that interest you. You may then read summaries and technical details of these parts in the body of the report. Detailed data tables are in Appendix G. Scientists with Comprehensive interest.Read Part I, the Executive Summary, which describes the Laboratory's environmental programs and summarizes environmental data for this year. Read the boldface summaries that head each major subdivision of this report. Further details are in the text and appendixes.For further information about this report, contact the Los Alamos National Laboratory's Environmental Surveillance Group Temperature