Sanitary landfill local-scale flow and transport modeling in support of alternative concentrations limit demonstrations, Savannah River Site
- INTERA, Inc., Austin, TX (United States)
The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a Department of Energy (DOE) facility located near Aiken, South Carolina which is currently operated and managed by Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC). The Sanitary Landfill (Sanitary Landfill) at the SRS is located approximately 2,000 feet Northwest of Upper Three Runs Creek (UTRC) on an approximately 70 acre site located south of Road C between the SRS B-Area and UTRC. The Sanitary Landfill has been receiving wastes since 1974 and operates as an unlined trench and fill operation. The original landfill site was 32 acres. This area reached its capacity around 1987 and a Northern Expansion of 16 acres and a Southern Expansion of 22 acres were added in 1987. The Northern Expansion has not been used for waste disposal to date and the Southern Expansion is expected to reach capacity in 1992 or 1993. The waste received at the Sanitary Landfill is predominantly paper, plastics, rubber, wood, metal, cardboard, rags saturated with degreasing solvents, pesticide bags, empty cans, and asbestos in bags. The landfill is not supposed to receive any radioactive wastes. However, tritium has been detected in the groundwater at the site. Gross alpha and gross beta are also evaluated at the landfill. The objectives of this modeling study are twofold: (1) to create a local scale Sanitary Landfill flow model to study hydraulic effects resulting from capping the Sanitary Landfill; and (2) to create a Sanitary Landfill local scale transport model to support ACL Demonstrations for a RCRA Part B Permit Renewal.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States); INTERA, Inc., Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 10191756
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-TR-93-093; ON: DE94002048; TRN: 93:024168
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 19 Feb 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SANITARY LANDFILLS
HYDROLOGY
GROUND WATER
FLOW MODELS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
TRITIUM
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
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