Evaluation of isotope migration - land burial. Water chemistry at commercially operated low-level radioactive waste disposal sites. Status report, October 1980-September 1981

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5152782

Pietrzak, R; Czyscinski, K S; Weiss, A J

The prime consideration for continued use of shallow land burial practices for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste is the containment of radionuclides. Before additional disposal sites for commercial low-level waste can be licensed, the existing sites must be evaluated in terms of their effectiveness for retaining radionuclides. This study is an attempt to monitor the behavior of existing low-level disposal sites, provide an understanding of significant factors which affect prediction of radionuclide movement along the groundwater flow paths, and assist in the development of criteria for the selection and licensing of future low-level disposal sites. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) began a field and laboratory testing program in 1976 sponsored by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), in cooperation with the US Geological Survey (USGS), to study the existing commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal sites. This investigation measures the source terms (concentrations in solution) of radionuclides and other solutes in the disposal trench waters, and describes the physical and chemical properties of the site geochemistry that control the movement of radionuclides. 49 refs., 27 figs., 23 tabs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5152782
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-2616; BNL-NUREG-51514; ON: TI86000962
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 134
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
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COBALT ISOTOPES
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DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GROUND WATER
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SEDIMENTS
SORPTION
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
STRONTIUM 85
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE WATERS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES