Mound Laboratory tritium environmental study: 1976--1977
In the course of an extensive investigation of tritium in the aquifer underlying the Mound Facility site, an unusual behavior was noted for a beta-emitting radionuclide contaminant present in the environs of the abandoned Miami-Erie Canal adjacent to the laboratory site. The soil contaminant was determined to be tritium, of which 90% was in the form of a relatively stable or bound species that was not readily exchangeable with the free water in the soil. (Bound-to-exchangeable transfer half-time was found to be approximately 3 yr.) The contamination was found to be concentrated within two feet of the surface in the center of the canal channel and near the Facility site drainage ditch and canal confluence. In order to characterize the contaminant and to assess its potential for reaching the aquifer, an analysis program and study were initiated in September 1976. The results and findings from the first phase of this work which was completed in February 1977 are the subject of this report.
- Research Organization:
- Mound Facility, Miamisburg, Ohio (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0053
- OSTI ID:
- 5115409
- Report Number(s):
- MLM-2495; TRN: 78-009949
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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