TRANSPORT OF FISSION PRODUCTS THROUGH THE SOIL FOLLOWING INJECTION FROM A WELL AND METHODS USED FOR REMOVAL

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4721029

Gemmell, L; Pearsall, S G

In the summer of l980 one of the wells on the Brookhaven National Laboratory site became accidentally contaminated with radioactive material. Procedures used in tracking the spread of the contamination through the soil are described. Data are presented on the radioactivity in water from test wells and soil samples taken over a 2-year period. In 1961 approximately 227,000 gal of water were pumped from the test wells, decontaminated by means of an ion exchange column, and returned to the environment. The cost of this decontamination was approximately 1.06 mills/gal. (C.H.)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
• DOE Contract Number: AT-30-2-GEN-16
• NSA Number: NSA-17-010820
• OSTI ID: 4721029
• Report Number(s): BNL-6554
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND METEOROLOGY
ACCIDENTS
CONTAMINATION
DECONTAMINATION
DETECTION
DISTRIBUTION
ECONOMICS
EXTRACTION COLUMNS
FISSION PRODUCTS
GROUND WATER
ION EXCHANGE
MONITORING
SOILS
WATER