EXPERIENCE IN THE DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES TO THE GROUND

Technical Report · Fri Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4327907

Brown, R E; Pearce, D W; de Laguna, W; Struxness, E G; Horton, Jr, J H; Patterson, C M

Up to 12 years of practical experience in controlled waste disposal at the Handford Works, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Savannah River Plant have provided a wealth of data on the feasibility of disposal of The disposal problems at the three sites are quite dissimilar since the environments are markedly different. The geologic and hydrologic conditions at the three sites indicated early in their history that at least small volumes of low activity level wastes could be discarged to the ground but that disposal of intermediate level materials demanded more detailed knowledge of the geology, microhydrology and soil chemistry. Determination of the waste behavior in the ground based upon laboratory research, field tests and the extensive use of monitoring wells provided the data permitting the safe disposal of many billions of liters of low to intermediate level waste at Hanford. At the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Savannah River Plant, similar earth sciences studies and field work have shown the inadvisability of ground disposal of high level redioactive liquids. Experience in the use of cribs, trenches, sepage pits, d. (auth)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.; Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.; Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Savannah River Lab., Augsta, Ga.
• NSA Number: NSA-12-014761
• OSTI ID: 4327907
• Report Number(s): A/CONF.15/P/1767
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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