Environmental status of the Hanford Site for CY 1977

The Hanford environmental surveillance program provides for the measurement, interpretation, and evaluation of the radiological impact of Hanford operations on its onsite and offsite environs. The program is designed to evaluate all significant potential pathways for the release of radioactivity, especially those that may result in direct exposure of the public and those in which environmental reconcentration of radionuclides is likely to occur. Presented in this report are the results of effluent and environmental monitoring and sampling conducted to determine the onsite impact of ongoing operations.