Vadose zone characterization project at the Hanford Tank Farms: BY Tank Farm report

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/437678· OSTI ID:437678

Kos, S E

The US Department of Energy Grand Junction Office (GJO) was tasked by the DOE Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) to perform a baseline characterization of the contamination distributed in the vadoze zone sediment beneath and around the single-shell tanks (SSTs) at the Hanford Site. The intent of this characterization is to determine the nature and extent of the contamination, to identify contamination sources, and to develop a baseline of the contamination distribution that will permit future data comparisons. This characterization work also allows an initial assessment of the impacts of the vadose zone contamination as required by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This characterization project involves acquiring information about the vadose zone contamination with borehole geophysical logging methods and documenting that information in a series of reports. Data from boreholes surrounding each tank are compiled into individual Tank Summary Data Reports. The data from each tank farm are then compiled and summarized in a Tank Farm Report. This document is the Tank Farm Report for the BY Tank Farm.

• Research Organization: USAEC Grand Junction Office, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC13-96GJ87335
• OSTI ID: 437678
• Report Number(s): GJO--96-2-TAR; GJO--HAN-6; ON: DE97003306
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
HANFORD RESERVATION
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
TANKS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE