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Title: Vadose zone characterization of highly radioactive contaminated soil at the Hanford Site

Abstract

The Hanford Site in south-central Washington State contains over 1500 identified waste sites and numerous groundwater plumes that will be characterized and remediated over the next 30 years. As a result of the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, the US Department of Energy has initiated a remedial investigation/feasibility study at the 200-BP-1 operable unit. The 200-BP-1 remedial investigation is the first Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 investigation on the Hanford Site that involves drilling into highly radioactive and chemically contaminated soils. The initial phase of site characterization was designed to assess the nature and extent of contamination associated with the source waste site within the 200-BP-1 operable unit. Characterization activities consisted of drilling and sampling the waste site, chemical and physical analysis of samples, and development of a conceptual vadose zone model. Predicted modeling concentrations compared favorably to analytical data collected during the initial characterization activities.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10161778
Report Number(s):
WHC-SA-1623; CONF-930906-10
ON: DE93014916; TRN: 93:015329
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-87RL10930
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: `93 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation,Prague (Czech Republic),5-11 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: May 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; GROUND WATER; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SOILS; REMEDIAL ACTION; HANFORD RESERVATION; SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ALARA; LEACHATES; NITRITES; 052002; 540250; 540230; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE; SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT

Citation Formats

Buckmaster, M A. Vadose zone characterization of highly radioactive contaminated soil at the Hanford Site. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Buckmaster, M A. Vadose zone characterization of highly radioactive contaminated soil at the Hanford Site. United States.
Buckmaster, M A. 1993. "Vadose zone characterization of highly radioactive contaminated soil at the Hanford Site". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10161778.
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title = {Vadose zone characterization of highly radioactive contaminated soil at the Hanford Site},
author = {Buckmaster, M A},
abstractNote = {The Hanford Site in south-central Washington State contains over 1500 identified waste sites and numerous groundwater plumes that will be characterized and remediated over the next 30 years. As a result of the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, the US Department of Energy has initiated a remedial investigation/feasibility study at the 200-BP-1 operable unit. The 200-BP-1 remedial investigation is the first Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 investigation on the Hanford Site that involves drilling into highly radioactive and chemically contaminated soils. The initial phase of site characterization was designed to assess the nature and extent of contamination associated with the source waste site within the 200-BP-1 operable unit. Characterization activities consisted of drilling and sampling the waste site, chemical and physical analysis of samples, and development of a conceptual vadose zone model. Predicted modeling concentrations compared favorably to analytical data collected during the initial characterization activities.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
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