MOVEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE THROUGH SOIL. 3. INVESTIGATING THE MIGRATION OF FISSION PRODUCTS FROM HIGH-IONIC LIQUIDS DEPOSITED IN SOIL
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4836717
One of the disposal areas for radioactive waste from the Chalk River Project was in use from 1946 until 1955. Although this was mainly used for the burial of solid waste, three batches of liquid were fed into the soil and these caused radionuclides to percolate away from the area by the natural movement of ground water. A soil investigation was made to find the extent of this migration and a special soil sampler was developed to carry out intensive sampling in the regions neighbouring the disposal area. The investigation is described and the results interpreted to determine the total quantity of each fission product that moved, together with the present rate of advance. The migration is delineated. Sr/sup 90/ was the radionuclide in greatest abundance and the future pattern of its movement was predicted; it was estimated that no major release from this source to the environment will occur for 150 years, when it will have decayed sufficiently to present a negligible hazard. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ont.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-031894
- OSTI ID:
- 4836717
- Report Number(s):
- CRER-1018; AECL-1325
- Country of Publication:
- Canada
- Language:
- English
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