Annual report on the environmental radiation monitoring around Tokai fuel reprocessing plant; January - December, 1986

Kitahara, Yoshihisa*; Ishida, Junichiro; Asano, Tomohiro

The environmental radiation monitoring around the Tokai Reprocessing Plant has been performed since 1975, based on "Safety Standard for the Tokai Reprocessing Plant, Chapter V - Environmental Monitoring". This annual report presents interpretation of the results of the environmental monitoring and the results of dose estimation to the hypothetical inhabitants due to the annual discharges of the radioactivity from the reprocessing plant during 1986. Notes of this year may be the detection of the radioactivities in various kinds of samples following the accident at Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Appendix presents comprehensive information, such as, monitoring program, monitoring results, meteorological data, annual discharges from the plant and results of dose estimation.