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Water and tritium movement through the unsaturated zone at a low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Illinois, 1981-85

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:39570
The report characterizes water and tritium movement through the unsaturated zone in an area within the Sheffield disposal site. The report describes (1) the physical setting of the study area; (2) the physical and hydraulic properties of unconsolidated geologic materials; (3) the timing, paths, quantity, and rate of water movement through the unsaturated zone; (4) the factors that influence unsaturated-zone water movement; (5) the spatial and temporal patterns of tritium concentrations within the unsaturated zone; and (6) the application of study-area results to the site as a whole.
Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States). Water Resources Div.
OSTI ID:
39570
Report Number(s):
PB--95-186631/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English