The Sandia Office of the DOE Oversight Bureau monitors a variety of environmental media at Sandia National Laboratories\/New Mexico (SNL\/NM) to assess the potential impacts of past and present activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Air Monitoring –<\/strong> The DOE Oversight Bureau conducts independent continuous air monitoring to evaluate the presence of selected radioactive particles and tritium in the ambient air near SNL\/NM. Ambient air is sampled with continuously running, low-volume air samplers drawing air through particulate filters and silica gel cartridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Direct Penetrating Radiation<\/strong> – The DOE Oversight Bureau monitors direct penetrating (DPR) radiation, or gamma radiation, in the environment at SNL\/NM and in the vicinity for SNL\/NM-sourced or ambient gamma radiation using passive electret ion chambers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groundwater Monitoring <\/strong>– The DOE Oversight Bureau conducts verification and supplemental sampling of SNL\/NM regional groundwater wells in cooperation with the SNL\/NM Groundwater Section and Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) environmental group. The primary purpose of this sampling activity is to independently monitor and confirm groundwater quality at SNL\/NM monitoring wells. The Bureau evaluates groundwater parameters to determine if there is any change in groundwater quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Storm Water Monitoring<\/strong> – The DOE Oversight Bureau conducts storm water monitoring at co-located monitoring stations located down-gradient from operating facilities, areas of concern, solid waste management units, and corrective action management units at SNL\/NM. The focus is on storm water management assessment at construction and environmental restoration and remediation projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Biota and Terrestrial Monitoring <\/strong>– The DOE Oversight Bureau conducts sampling of soils, sediments, and vegetation on SNL\/NM and the surrounding area in a cooperative effort with Sandia Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Waste Water Monitoring <\/strong>– The DOE Oversight Bureau conducts semi-annual sampling of wastewater discharges from SNL\/NM operations in a cooperative effort with Sandia Corporation and the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority. Analytes monitored include: total metals, fluoride, gamma-emitting isotopes, gross alpha and beta, tritium, and volatile organic compounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Sandia Office of the DOE Oversight Bureau monitors a variety of environmental media at Sandia National Laboratories\/New Mexico (SNL\/NM) to assess the potential impacts of past and present activities. Monitoring Programs include: Air Monitoring – The DOE Oversight Bureau conducts independent continuous air monitoring to evaluate the presence of selected radioactive particles and tritium […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/snl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/snl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/snl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/snl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/snl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/snl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/snl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/snl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}