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Evaluation of isotope migration, land burial. Water chemistry at commercially operated low-level radioactive waste disposal sites. Progress report No. 10, July-September 1978

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5719642· OSTI ID:5719642
Water samples were collected by anoxic procedures from trenches 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9 at the West Valley, New York low-level radioactive waste disposal site. In-situ measurements of pH, Eh, specific conductance, and temperature were made. The results of inorganic, organic, and radiochemical analyses are reported. Acid-base titration curves exhibit the complex nature of these waters compared to local ground water. The methylene chloride extraction technique used to isolate acidic, neutral, and basic organic compounds from trench waters is described. Gas chromatograms and concentrations of individual compounds identified by GC/MS methods are shown. Cobalt-60, strontium-90, cesium-137, and plutonium-238, 239, 240 were found dissolved in all trench waters. Dissolved sodium-22 and cesium-134 were found in most trenches, whereas americium-241 was found dissolved only in trench 8.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission; USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-02-0016
OSTI ID:
5719642
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-1037; BNL-NUREG-51083
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MASS TRANSFER
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
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RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
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SEPARATION PROCESSES
SODIUM 22
SODIUM ISOTOPES
SOUTHEAST REGION
SPECTROSCOPY
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER CHEMISTRY
WEST VALLEY PROCESSING PLANT
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES