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Implementation of other parameters, metals and semi metals
an Environmental in groundwater, collected at Ipen’s facility,

Management Program are evaluated. The monitoring is conducted
in nine wells, in attendance to the current
on the campus of IPEN Brazilian environmental legislation, which

requires the monitoring of metals and semi
Implementation of an Environmental Man- metals in groundwater, in accordance with
agement Program on the campus of IPEN in CETESB and CONAMA’s resolutions. CETESB is
response to environmental agencies and IBA- the Sao Paulo State environmental regulatory
MA (Environmental License L.O. 1325/2016) agency and CONAMA is the Environmental
and based on Environmental Management National Council, both agencies that regulate
System ABNT NBR ISO 14000: environmental standards in Brazil and regulate
Ipen’s environmental activities. Besides these
two environmental regulators, Ipen has to
> > Monitoring>Program>to>assist>the> follow the request of the Term for the Adjust-
non-radioactive>chemical>at>IPEN> ment of Conduct (TAC) from (IBAMA), in order
campus; to support programs to prevent and control

> > > Non->radioactive>chemical>waste> pollution resulting from activities of Ipen’s
disposal>program;> facilities. In the current PMA-Q, aluminum
(Al) antimony (Sb), silver (Ag), arsenic (As),
> > > Program>for>Monitoring> lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), zinc (Zn),
and>Control>of>Non-Radioactive> boron (B), barium (Ba), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe),
Atmospheric>Emissions;
manganese (Mn), mercury (Hg) and nickel (Ni)
> > > Non-Radioactive>Solid>Waste> are analyzed by using sensitive analytical tech-
Management>Program; niques as inductively coupled plasma optical

> > > Environmental>Chemistry> emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) and graphite
Monitoring>Program>(PMA-Q); furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GF-
AAS). These elements results are evaluated in
> > > Report>of>the>Social>
Communication>Program; this paper. Both internal and external quality
controls that uses data from interlaboratory
> > > Environmental>Education> programs are discussed here. It was possible to
Program,>and conclude that IPEN’s groundwater attends na-
> > > IPEN>Annual>Report>on> tional standards and Ipen’s monitoring system
Environmental>Management. operates under controlled quality conditions.

Atmospheric Emission Factors and
Temporal Comportment Assessment Significance Analysis applied to
of metals in groundwater on the the Air Quality Management in
campus at IPEN/CNEN-SP the IPEN / CNEN-SP Campus

Since 2006, Nuclear and Energy Research Due to the commitment to improve the en-
Institute (IPEN) performs yearly the Envi- vironment, combined with the increasing
ronmental Monitoring Program of Stable demands of environmental agencies, and the
Chemical Compounds (PMA-Q). Among need to identify the contribution of each activ-

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