The Impact of Soil Vapor Extraction at Material Disposal Area L, Los Alamos National Laboratory - 17155
Conference
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OSTI ID:22794556
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Weston Solutions, Inc., West Chester, PA (United States)
Material Disposal Area L (MDA L) is an inactive liquid-waste disposal site located within the Los Alamos National Laboratory property. A subsurface vapor plume of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is present in the unsaturated zone and site remediation is recommended so that the plume will not impact groundwater in the future. Soil vapor extraction using two extraction wells was recently conducted at the site for 10 months as an interim remediation measure. We analyzed plume size, concentrations vs. time and depth in monitoring wells, predicted vs. measured extraction concentrations, and plume rebound to understand the impact of the interim measure and to obtain effective feedback on how to continue remediating the site. We also re-calibrated an existing model used to predict plume behavior with field data collected during extraction. The vapor plume size decreased by 60%. This paper presents the results for the removal of VOC mass from the subsurface and the spatially-dependent reduction of VOC concentrations in the plume; these reductions, as well as maintaining the plume in the upper unsaturated zone, are desired for reducing possible future impacts to groundwater. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22794556
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-17155
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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