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Prototype Data Models and Data Dictionaries for Hanford Sediment Physical and Hydraulic Properties
Abstract
The Remediation Decision Support (RDS) project, managed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC), has been compiling physical and hydraulic property data and parameters to support risk analyses and waste management decisions at Hanford. In FY09 the RDS project developed a strategic plan for a physical and hydraulic property database. This report documents prototype data models and dictionaries for these properties and associated parameters. Physical properties and hydraulic parameters and their distributions are required for any type of quantitative assessment of risk and uncertainty associated with predictions of contaminant transport and fate in the subsurface. The central plateau of the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State contains most of the contamination at the Site and has up to {approx}100 m of unsaturated and unconsolidated or semi-consolidated sediments overlying the unconfined aquifer. These sediments contain a wide variety of contaminants ranging from organic compounds, such as carbon tetrachloride, to numerous radionuclides including technetium, plutonium, and uranium. Knowledge of the physical and hydraulic properties of the sediments and their distributions is critical for quantitative assessment of the transport of these contaminants in the subsurface, for evaluation ofmore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1038659
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-19817
830403000; TRN: US201208%%896
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CONTAMINATION; DICTIONARIES; HYDRAULICS; MODIFICATIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SCHEDULES; SEDIMENTS; SPECIFICATIONS; TECHNETIUM; TRANSPORT; URANIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT
Citation Formats
Rockhold, Mark L, Last, George V, and Middleton, Lisa A. Prototype Data Models and Data Dictionaries for Hanford Sediment Physical and Hydraulic Properties. United States: N. p., 2010.
Web. doi:10.2172/1038659.
Rockhold, Mark L, Last, George V, & Middleton, Lisa A. Prototype Data Models and Data Dictionaries for Hanford Sediment Physical and Hydraulic Properties. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1038659
Rockhold, Mark L, Last, George V, and Middleton, Lisa A. 2010.
"Prototype Data Models and Data Dictionaries for Hanford Sediment Physical and Hydraulic Properties". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1038659. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1038659.
@article{osti_1038659,
title = {Prototype Data Models and Data Dictionaries for Hanford Sediment Physical and Hydraulic Properties},
author = {Rockhold, Mark L and Last, George V and Middleton, Lisa A},
abstractNote = {The Remediation Decision Support (RDS) project, managed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC), has been compiling physical and hydraulic property data and parameters to support risk analyses and waste management decisions at Hanford. In FY09 the RDS project developed a strategic plan for a physical and hydraulic property database. This report documents prototype data models and dictionaries for these properties and associated parameters. Physical properties and hydraulic parameters and their distributions are required for any type of quantitative assessment of risk and uncertainty associated with predictions of contaminant transport and fate in the subsurface. The central plateau of the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State contains most of the contamination at the Site and has up to {approx}100 m of unsaturated and unconsolidated or semi-consolidated sediments overlying the unconfined aquifer. These sediments contain a wide variety of contaminants ranging from organic compounds, such as carbon tetrachloride, to numerous radionuclides including technetium, plutonium, and uranium. Knowledge of the physical and hydraulic properties of the sediments and their distributions is critical for quantitative assessment of the transport of these contaminants in the subsurface, for evaluation of long-term risks and uncertainty associated with model predictions of contaminant transport and fate, and for evaluating, designing, and operating remediation alternatives. One of the goals of PNNL's RDS project is to work with the Hanford Environmental Data Manager (currently with CHPRC) to develop a protocol and schedule for incorporation of physical property and hydraulic parameter datasets currently maintained by PNNL into HEIS. This requires that the data first be reviewed to ensure quality and consistency. New data models must then be developed for HEIS that are approved by the HTAG that oversees HEIS development. After approval, these new data models then need to be implemented in HEIS by the EDM before there is an actual repository for the data. This document summarizes modifications to previously developed data models, and new data models and data dictionaries for physical and hydraulic property data and parameters to be transferred to HEIS. A prototype dataset that conforms to the specifications of these recommended data models has been identified and processed, and is ready for transfer to CHPRC for inclusion in HEIS. Additional datasets are planned for transfer from PNNL to CHPRC in FY11.},
doi = {10.2172/1038659},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1038659},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Thu Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}