Cs-137 concentrations in the Beaufort-Jasper Canal and water-treatment-plant sludge

Technical Report · Tue Jan 18 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5623884

Hayes, D W

This short report presents additional information on Cs-137 concentrations in the canal sediments and sludge in Beaufort-Jasper Water system. From 10 years of L-Reactor operation, it was conservatively predicted in the L-Reactor Environmental Assessment that about 41 Curies of Cs-137 would be transported from Steel Creek and into the Savannah River. Recent studies have provided an improved basis for these calculations and it is now expected that about 14 Curies will be moved in the first ten years. At a water usage rate of 8,000,000 gallons per day of Savannah River water for ten years, a maximum of about 0.02 Curies of Cs-137 could end up in the Beaufort-Jasper canal sediments and treatment plant sludge. Based on river dilution and transport of Cs-137, a more likely amount would be 0.01 Curies in ten years.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5623884
• Report Number(s): DPST-83-679; ON: DE84000394
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS
ISOTOPES
L REACTOR
LIQUID WASTES
MATERIALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PRODUCTION REACTORS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
RIVERS
SAVANNAH RIVER
SEDIMENTS
SPECIAL PRODUCTION REACTORS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
WASTES
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES