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<strong>Oak</strong> <strong>Ridge</strong> <strong>Reservation</strong><br />

5-54 <strong>Oak</strong> <strong>Ridge</strong> National Laboratory<br />

Fig. 5.25. Tritium discharges at White <strong>Oak</strong><br />

Dam, 2005–2009.<br />

preceding completion of the waste area caps in Melton Valley, though they were somewhat higher than<br />

the previous two years, most likely as a result of higher instream flow volume in 2009 as compared to<br />

those years (see Fig. 5.26).<br />

Fig. 5.26. <strong>Annual</strong> flow volume at White <strong>Oak</strong> Dam, 2005–2009.<br />

5.5.5 Total Mercury and Methylmercury<br />

Legacy mercury environmental contamination exists at ORNL, due largely to spills and releases that<br />

occurred in the 1950s during isotope separation pilot-scale work. Four ORNL facilities were involved,<br />

Buildings 3503, 3592, 4501, and 4505, and as a result, mercury is present in soils and groundwater in and<br />

around these facilities. Mercury also is present in Fifth Creek and White <strong>Oak</strong> Creek surface streams that<br />

receive surface runoff and groundwater flow from the area of these buildings.

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