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Title: Ecological assessment plan for Waste Area Grouping 5

Abstract

Waste Area Grouping (WAG)5 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory contains 13 solid waste management units (SWMUs) covering a surface area of {approx}20 ha in Melton Valley south of the main plant area. The largest SWMUs are Solid Waste Storage Area (SWSA) 5 and SWSA 5 North. These two SWMUs also contain most of the radioactive contamination. WAG 5 contains two surface impoundments and two intermittent streams; runoff from WAG 5 enters White Oak Creek and Melton Branch. Principal contaminants include fission-product radionuclides and transuranic elements, but trace metals and some organics may also be present. This document describes the ecological assessment that will perform to determine the ecological effects of contamination from WAG 5. This document also supports the baseline risk assessment and subsequent alternatives evaluations for WAG 5. Three specific tasks are incorporated in the WAG 5 ecological assessment: (1) threatened and endangered species surveys, (2) ambient toxicity tests of seeps, stream reaches, and soil that are identified as being contaminant sources, and (3) sampling of wildlife (specifically wild turkeys) that could potentially transfer contaminants from WAG 5 to humans.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10133270
Report Number(s):
ORNL/M-1871
ON: DE92010726
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 3777; PBD: Apr 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; ORNL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; SURFACE WATERS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOILS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; ANIMALS; STORAGE FACILITIES; CONTAMINATION; REMEDIAL ACTION; PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SAMPLING; GROUND WATER; ECOLOGY; STRONTIUM 90; CESIUM 137; FOOD CHAINS; TOXICITY; 052002; 053002; 540230; 540330; 560101; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT; DOSIMETRY AND MONITORING

Citation Formats

Ashwood, T L. Ecological assessment plan for Waste Area Grouping 5. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/10133270.
Ashwood, T L. Ecological assessment plan for Waste Area Grouping 5. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10133270
Ashwood, T L. 1992. "Ecological assessment plan for Waste Area Grouping 5". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10133270. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10133270.
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title = {Ecological assessment plan for Waste Area Grouping 5},
author = {Ashwood, T L},
abstractNote = {Waste Area Grouping (WAG)5 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory contains 13 solid waste management units (SWMUs) covering a surface area of {approx}20 ha in Melton Valley south of the main plant area. The largest SWMUs are Solid Waste Storage Area (SWSA) 5 and SWSA 5 North. These two SWMUs also contain most of the radioactive contamination. WAG 5 contains two surface impoundments and two intermittent streams; runoff from WAG 5 enters White Oak Creek and Melton Branch. Principal contaminants include fission-product radionuclides and transuranic elements, but trace metals and some organics may also be present. This document describes the ecological assessment that will perform to determine the ecological effects of contamination from WAG 5. This document also supports the baseline risk assessment and subsequent alternatives evaluations for WAG 5. Three specific tasks are incorporated in the WAG 5 ecological assessment: (1) threatened and endangered species surveys, (2) ambient toxicity tests of seeps, stream reaches, and soil that are identified as being contaminant sources, and (3) sampling of wildlife (specifically wild turkeys) that could potentially transfer contaminants from WAG 5 to humans.},
doi = {10.2172/10133270},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
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