Field lysimeter investigations: Low-level waste data base development program for fiscal year 1993. Annual report: Volume 6

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10154986· OSTI ID:10154986

McConnell, Jr, J W; Rogers, R D; Jastrow, J D; Sanford, W E; Sullivan, T M ^[1]

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1. EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

The March 28, 1979 accident at Three Mile Island Unit 2 released approximately 560,000 gal of contaminated water to the auxiliary and fuel handling buildings. The water was decontaminated using a three-stage demineralization system called EPICOR-II containing organic and inorganic ion-exchange media. The first stage of the system was designated the prefilter, and the second and third stages were called demineralizers. Research is being conducted at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory on materials from four of those EPICOR-II prefilters. The Field Lysimeter Investigations: Low-Level Waste Data Base Development Program, funded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is (a) studying the degradation effects in EPICOR-II organic ion-exchange resins caused by radiation, (b) examining the adequacy of test procedures recommended in the Branch Technical Position on Waste Form to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 61 using solidified EPICOR-II resins, (c) obtaining performance information on solidified EPICOR-II ion-exchange resins in a disposal environment, and (d) determining the condition of EPICOR-II liners. Results of the eighth year of data acquisition from the field testing are presented and discussed. During the continuing field testing, both Portland type I--II cement and Dow vinyl ester-styrene waste forms are being tested in lysimeter arrays located at Argonne National Laboratory-East in Illinois and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The study is designed to provide continuous data on nuclide release and movement, as well as environment conditions, over a 20-year period. 24 references, 43 figures, 12 tables.

• Research Organization: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications; EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 10154986
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-5229-Vol.6; EGG-2577-Vol.6; ON: TI94012768; TRN: 94:012097
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: May 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE FORMS
MONITORING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
COBALT 60
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
CESIUM 137
STRONTIUM 90
ANTIMONY 125
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOLYSIS
MEASURING METHODS
WEATHER
SOILS
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
MOISTURE
SOIL CHEMISTRY
IONIC COMPOSITION
SODIUM
MAGNESIUM
CALCIUM
POTASSIUM
SULFATES
PHOSPHATES
NITRATES
CHLORIDES
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540230
WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT