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Applied Science Investigations to Facilitate Closure of the F-Area and H-Area Seepage Basins

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1673316· OSTI ID:1673316
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  1. Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)

This report provides a roadmap of applied science studies that will facilitate reaching long term monitoring end state corrective actions for groundwater contamination at the F-Area Seepage Basins and the H-Area Seepage Basins at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. The F-Area and H-Area Seepage Basins are waste units on the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC at which low-level radioactive solutions were disposed into unlined basins, resulting in groundwater contamination. The current contaminants of interest in the groundwater are tritium, iodine-129, strontium-90, uranium isotopes and nitrate. Remediation at both sites has continued since 1988, consisting of closure and capping of the basins, operation of a groundwater pump-and-treat system from 1997 to 2004, and replacement of this system with a comprehensive in situ attenuation-based remedy. This report was requested by the U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Environmental Management in consultation with the Savannah River National Laboratory and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions - Area Completions Projects to provide a scientific basis for proactively addressing groundwater issues that may need to be resolved prior to final corrective actions at the F-Area and H-Area Seepage Basins.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States); Savannah River National Lab (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-08SR22470
OSTI ID:
1673316
Report Number(s):
SRNL--TR-2019-00224
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English