CX-270301: Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site Characterization and Environmental Monitoring (Overarching)

This environmental checklist (EC) covers environmental monitoring and site characterization activities at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) through 2017. Environmental monitoring at INL is conducted in accordance with Department of Energy (DOE) Order 458.1, Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment. The purpose of DOE Order 458.1 is to establish requirements to protect the public and the environment against undue risk from radiation associated with radiological activities conducted under the control of DOE pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The objectives of the order include 1) conducting DOE radiological activities so that exposure to members of the public is maintained within the dose limits established in the order, 2) controlling radiological clearance of DOE real and personal property, 3) ensuring that potential radiation exposures to members of the public are as low as reasonably achievable, 4) ensuring DOE sites have the capabilities, consistent with the types of radiological activities conducted, to monitor routine and non-routine radiological releases and to assess the radiation doses to members of the public, and 5) protecting the environment from the effects of radiation and radioactive material.