Radionuclide migration in groundwater. Annual progress report for 1982
Research has continued at a low-level waste disposal facility to characterize the physicochemical species of radionuclides migrating in groundwater. This facility consists of an unlined basin and connecting trench which receives effluent water containing low levels of a wide variety of fission and activation products and trace amounts of transuranic radionuclides. The effluent water percolates through the soil and a small fraction of it emerges at seepage springs located some 260 meters from the trench. The disposal basin and trench are very efficient in retaining most of the radionuclides, but trace amounts of a number of radionuclides existing in mobile chemical forms migrate in the groundwater from the trench to the springs. This facility provides the opportunity for characterizing the rates and mechanisms of radionuclide migration in groundwaters, identifying retardation processes, and validating geochemical models. 13 references, 25 figures, 23 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5287926
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-3554; PNL-4773; ON: DE84007262
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CESIUM 137
CHEMICAL STATE
COBALT 60
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
IODINE 131
IRON 59
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MANGANESE 54
NIOBIUM 95
RUTHENIUM 103
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EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
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IRON ISOTOPES
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