Input and decayed values of radioactive liquid wastes discharged to the ground in the 200 Areas through 1975

doi:https://doi.org/10.2172/5086808

Title: Input and decayed values of radioactive liquid wastes discharged to the ground in the 200 Areas through 1975

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Low and intermediate level liquid wastes from chemical separations processing of spent reactor fuel elements have been discharged to the ground in the 200-Areas since 1944. Large volumes of process cooling water, normally free of radioactive contaminants, are discharged to surface ditches or natural surface depressions (ponds). Lesser volumes of liquid waste such as steam condensates, process condensates, scavenged process waste supernatants, and plutonium processing wastes have been, or are being discharged to subsurface disposal sites (cribs). Only input volumes and radioactivity discharged to each disposal site have been reported periodically.

Authors:: Anderson, J D

Publication Date:: 1976-07-08

Research Org.:: Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 5086808

Report Number(s):: ARH-CD-745

DOE Contract Number:: AC06-77RL01030

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HAPO; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; GROUND DISPOSAL; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; DATA COMPILATION; INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LIQUID WASTES; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PLUTONIUM; PONDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RUTHENIUM 106; STRONTIUM 90; URANIUM 233; VOLUME; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DATA; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage; 510301 - Environment, Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- Soil- (-1987); 520301 - Environment, Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- Water- (1987)

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                    Anderson, J D. Input and decayed values of radioactive liquid wastes discharged to the ground in the 200 Areas through 1975.  United States: N. p., 1976. 
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  title        = {Input and decayed values of radioactive liquid wastes discharged to the ground in the 200 Areas through 1975},

  author       = {Anderson, J D},

  abstractNote = {Low and intermediate level liquid wastes from chemical separations processing of spent reactor fuel elements have been discharged to the ground in the 200-Areas since 1944. Large volumes of process cooling water, normally free of radioactive contaminants, are discharged to surface ditches or natural surface depressions (ponds). Lesser volumes of liquid waste such as steam condensates, process condensates, scavenged process waste supernatants, and plutonium processing wastes have been, or are being discharged to subsurface disposal sites (cribs). Only input volumes and radioactivity discharged to each disposal site have been reported periodically.},

  doi          = {10.2172/5086808},

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  journal      = {},
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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {1976},

  month        = {7}

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