Mercury Remediation Technology Development for Lower East Fork Poplar Creek - FY 2015 Progress Report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1255676· OSTI ID:1255676

Peterson, Mark J. ^[1]; Brooks, Scott C. ^[1]; Mathews, Teresa J. ^[1]; Mayes, Melanie ^[1]; Johs, Alexander ^[1]; Watson, David B. ^[1]; Poteat, Monica D. ^[2]; Smith, John ^[1]; Mehlhorn, Tonia ^[1]; Lester, Brian ^[1]; Morris, Jesse ^[1]; Lowe, Kenneth ^[1]; Dickson, Johnbull O. ^[2]; Eller, Virginia ^[2]; DeRolph, Christopher R. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Environmental Sciences Division
2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Mercury remediation is a high priority for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) because of large historical losses of mercury within buildings and to soils and surface waters at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12). Because of the extent of mercury losses and the complexities of mercury transport and fate in the downstream environment, the success of conventional options for mercury remediation in lower East Fork Poplar Creek (EFPC) is uncertain. A phased, adaptive management approach to remediation of surface water includes mercury treatment actions at Y-12 in the short-term and research and technology development (TD) to evaluate longer-term solutions in the downstream environment (US Department of Energy 2014b).

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1255676
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-2016/48; TRN: US1700204
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Y-12 PLANT
STREAMS
MERCURY
REMEDIAL ACTION
PROGRESS REPORT
LOSSES
BUILDINGS
SOILS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION