Contact-Handled Bay
Waste Related
Volatile Organics Monitoring History

On January 1, 2007, the WIPP initiated monitoring for volatile organic compounds in the air around contact-handled transuranic waste shipping containers as they are unloaded for disposal. These results will be updated quarterly.

Analytes of Interest

 

 Carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane

Current instruments in use

 

 Photovac Voyager field GC's with electron capture detectors

Limits of detection (Minimum Per MFG)

 

 <0.5 ppm (vol) for both compounds

Sample count as of 3/31/2008

 

 10905 samples from 1/1/2008 through 3/31/2008

Count of peaks detected

 

 (excluding calibration runs)
CC14: 10
1,1,1-TCA: 1

Average concentration of peaks detected (peaks quantifiable)

 

 CC14:  0.286ppm
1,1,1-TCA:  0.2ppm
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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