Verification of engineering assumptions in modeling of airborne release of Carbon-14
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
The effects of atmospheric pressure variation on the flow velocity, water vapor transport, and oxygen depletion within a hypothetical low-level engineered waste facility were recently modeled with a set of engineering assumptions. The model that resulted from these activates is termed {open_quotes}GETAR{close_quote} for gas evolution, transport and reaction. Results of transport calculations show that the pumping effect of barometric pressure changes is the dominant mechanism for inducing the release of carbon-14 in a facility with a monitoring well. Coupled with this calculation, are recent results that indicate that a greater fraction of the carbon-14 within a hypothetical waste facility would be available for biodegradation and release via an airborne pathway rather than into groundwater.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Williams (Paul) and Associates, Medina, OH (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 437477
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-106929; CONF-960783-; TRN: 97:000678-0013
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International low-level-waste conference, New Orleans, LA (United States), 22-24 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: 1996 EPRI international low level waste conference; PB: 715 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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