Nevada National Security Site 2015 Data Report: Groundwater Monitoring Program Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site

Technical Report · Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1329311· OSTI ID:1329311

Hudson, David ^[1]; Black, David ^[1]

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1. National Security Technologies, LLC. (NSTec), Mercury, NV (United States)

This report is a compilation of the groundwater sampling results from the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site (RWMS) at the Nevada National Security Site, Nye County, Nevada. Groundwater samples from the aquifer immediately below the Area 5 RWMS have been collected and analyzed and static water levels have been measured in this aquifer since 1993. This report updates these data to include the 2015 results. Analysis results for leachate contaminants collected from the mixed-waste cell at the Area 5 RWMS (Cell 18) are also included.

• Research Organization: Nevada Test Site (NTS), Mercury, NV (United States); National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec), Mercury, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25946
• OSTI ID: 1329311
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/25946-2733
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES