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Title: Field lysimeter investigations: Low-level waste data base development program for fiscal year 1995. Volume 8, Annual report, October 1994-- September 1995

Abstract

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 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 ion-exchange resins, (c) obtaining performance information on solidified ion- exchange resins in a disposal environment, and (d) determining the condition of liners used to dispose the ion-exchange resins. Compressive test results of 12-year-old cement and vinyl ester- styrene solidified waste form samples are presented, which show effects of aging and self-irradiation. Results of the tenth 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 form samples 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 environmental conditions, over a 20-year period.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
  4. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications; Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
270326
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-5229-Vol.8; INEL-94/0278-Vol.8
ON: TI96011753; TRN: 96:016936
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-76ID01570
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; WASTE FORMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS; RESINS; CEMENTS; STYRENE; LYSIMETERS; MEASURING METHODS; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; DATA BASE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ION EXCHANGE; SOLIDIFICATION; FIELD TESTS; AGING; PROGRESS REPORT

Citation Formats

McConnell, Jr, J W, Rogers, R D, Larsen, I L, Jastrow, J D, Sanford, W E, and Sullivan, T M. Field lysimeter investigations: Low-level waste data base development program for fiscal year 1995. Volume 8, Annual report, October 1994-- September 1995. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/270326.
McConnell, Jr, J W, Rogers, R D, Larsen, I L, Jastrow, J D, Sanford, W E, & Sullivan, T M. Field lysimeter investigations: Low-level waste data base development program for fiscal year 1995. Volume 8, Annual report, October 1994-- September 1995. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/270326
McConnell, Jr, J W, Rogers, R D, Larsen, I L, Jastrow, J D, Sanford, W E, and Sullivan, T M. 1996. "Field lysimeter investigations: Low-level waste data base development program for fiscal year 1995. Volume 8, Annual report, October 1994-- September 1995". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/270326. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/270326.
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title = {Field lysimeter investigations: Low-level waste data base development program for fiscal year 1995. Volume 8, Annual report, October 1994-- September 1995},
author = {McConnell, Jr, J W and Rogers, R D and Larsen, I L and Jastrow, J D and Sanford, W E and Sullivan, T M},
abstractNote = {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 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 ion-exchange resins, (c) obtaining performance information on solidified ion- exchange resins in a disposal environment, and (d) determining the condition of liners used to dispose the ion-exchange resins. Compressive test results of 12-year-old cement and vinyl ester- styrene solidified waste form samples are presented, which show effects of aging and self-irradiation. Results of the tenth 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 form samples 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 environmental conditions, over a 20-year period.},
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year = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
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