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Title: Field demonstration of technologies for delineating uranium contaminated soils

Abstract

An Integrated Demonstration Program, hosted by the Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corporation (FERMCO), has been established for investigating technologies applicable to the characterization and remediation of soils contaminated with uranium. An important part of this effort is the evaluation of field screening tools capable of acquiring high resolution information on the distribution of uranium contamination in surface soils in a cost-and-time efficient manner. Consistent with this need, four field screening technologies have been demonstrated at two hazardous waste sites at the FERMCO. The four technologies tested are wide-area gamma spectroscopy, beta scintillation counting, laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (LA-ICP-AES), and long-range alpha detection (LRAD). One of the important findings of this demonstration was just how difficult it is to compare data collected by means of multiple independent measurement techniques. Difficulties are attributed to differences in measurement scale, differences in the basic physics upon which the various measurement schemes are predicated, and differences in the general performance of detector instrumentation. It follows that optimal deployment of these techniques requires the development of an approach for accounting for the intrinsic differences noted above. As such, emphasis is given in this paper to the development of a methodology for integrating these techniquesmore » for use in site characterization programs as well as the development of a framework for interpreting the collected data. The methodology described here also has general application to other field-based screening technologies and soil sampling programs.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
  3. Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Co., Springdale, OH (United States)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
  5. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
  6. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10190868
Report Number(s):
SAND-93-1244C; CONF-931095-31
ON: DE94001829; BR: GB0103012; TRN: 93:025587
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Department of Energy environmental remediation conference,Augusta, GA (United States),24-28 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FEED MATERIALS PRODUCTION CENTER; REMEDIAL ACTION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; URANIUM; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; SOILS; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; CONTAMINATION; RADIATION MONITORING; 054000; 540250; 540230; HEALTH AND SAFETY; SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT

Citation Formats

Tidwell, V C, Cunnane, J C, Schwing, J, Lee, S Y, Perry, D L, and Morris, D E. Field demonstration of technologies for delineating uranium contaminated soils. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Tidwell, V C, Cunnane, J C, Schwing, J, Lee, S Y, Perry, D L, & Morris, D E. Field demonstration of technologies for delineating uranium contaminated soils. United States.
Tidwell, V C, Cunnane, J C, Schwing, J, Lee, S Y, Perry, D L, and Morris, D E. 1993. "Field demonstration of technologies for delineating uranium contaminated soils". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10190868.
@article{osti_10190868,
title = {Field demonstration of technologies for delineating uranium contaminated soils},
author = {Tidwell, V C and Cunnane, J C and Schwing, J and Lee, S Y and Perry, D L and Morris, D E},
abstractNote = {An Integrated Demonstration Program, hosted by the Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corporation (FERMCO), has been established for investigating technologies applicable to the characterization and remediation of soils contaminated with uranium. An important part of this effort is the evaluation of field screening tools capable of acquiring high resolution information on the distribution of uranium contamination in surface soils in a cost-and-time efficient manner. Consistent with this need, four field screening technologies have been demonstrated at two hazardous waste sites at the FERMCO. The four technologies tested are wide-area gamma spectroscopy, beta scintillation counting, laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (LA-ICP-AES), and long-range alpha detection (LRAD). One of the important findings of this demonstration was just how difficult it is to compare data collected by means of multiple independent measurement techniques. Difficulties are attributed to differences in measurement scale, differences in the basic physics upon which the various measurement schemes are predicated, and differences in the general performance of detector instrumentation. It follows that optimal deployment of these techniques requires the development of an approach for accounting for the intrinsic differences noted above. As such, emphasis is given in this paper to the development of a methodology for integrating these techniques for use in site characterization programs as well as the development of a framework for interpreting the collected data. The methodology described here also has general application to other field-based screening technologies and soil sampling programs.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10190868}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
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