Concentration and distribution of copper in effluents from three freshwater nuclear power stations
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5624115
The concentrations and physicochemical forms of copper were determined in samples from the water column and bedload sediments in the intake and discharge zones of the Vermont Yankee, Kewaunee, and Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Power Stations. These stations differ in their mode of operation and in the composition of water circulated in their cooling systems. In addition, at Vermont Yankee, water samples were collected during changeover from open- to closed-cycle operation, and water and sediment samples were collected from the base of the cooling tower during closed-cycle operation. Copper concentrations were obtained for the soluble, including labile and bound, and particulate fractions of water samples and for bedload sediments collected in discharge and intake areas during the winter, spring, and summer months of 1978. The apparent copper complexing capacity (ACC), the dissolved organic carbon content (DOC), and the percentages of copper in different molecular-weight fractions were also determined for the soluble fraction of water samples. In addition, copper distribution coefficients (K/sub d/s of particles suspended in the water column and present in the bedload sediment were determined. 41 references, 10 figures, 20 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5624115
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-3358; UCRL-53482; ON: DE84001428
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BWR TYPE REACTORS
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
COOLING SYSTEMS
COPPER
CORROSION PRODUCTS
DATA
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUNCTIONS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HELIUM COOLED REACTORS
HTGR TYPE REACTORS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
KEWAUNEE REACTOR
METALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER PLANTS
POWER REACTORS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
REACTORS
SEDIMENTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMAL REACTORS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VERMONT YANKEE REACTOR
VRAIN REACTOR
WATER
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BWR TYPE REACTORS
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
COOLING SYSTEMS
COPPER
CORROSION PRODUCTS
DATA
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUNCTIONS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HELIUM COOLED REACTORS
HTGR TYPE REACTORS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
KEWAUNEE REACTOR
METALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER PLANTS
POWER REACTORS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
REACTORS
SEDIMENTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMAL REACTORS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VERMONT YANKEE REACTOR
VRAIN REACTOR
WATER
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS