Disposal of industrial radioactive waste waters at Hanford

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:5408236

Schwendiman, L C; Brown, R E; Honstead, J F; Linderoth, C E; Pearce, D W

Problems encountered in handling, storing, and diluting radioactive liquid wastes are reviewed. It is pointed out that the geography, geology, and hydrology of the Hanford Works site have permitted the safe disposal to the environment of large volumes of radioactive wastes containing millions of curies of fission isotopes. Ground disposal to hundreds of feet of essentially dry soil is relatively inexpensive and can be safely utilized with proper control and knowledge of soil waste chemistry and of the ground-water hydrology of the region. Disposal to the Columbia River is regulated to insure that isotope concentration at te point of use is at a level safe to those using the water.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Richland, WA (USA). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• OSTI ID: 5408236
• Report Number(s): HW-SA-40
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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