Integrated report on radionuclide migration at the Savannah River shallow land burial site

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6028013

Towler, Jr, O A

The impact of the SRP Solid Radioactive Waste Burial Ground on the environment has been studied since the early 1970s in four subtasks: subsurface monitoring of groundwater, lysimeter tests of waste, soil-water chemistry effects, and radionuclide transport modeling. This document summarizes and integrates the results of the four subtasks. More information has been gathered on the behavior of radionuclides in a solid waste disposal facility located in a humid region than from any other waste disposal site in the world. The design of closure for the SRP Burial Ground has been given a firm technical basis. The limiting pathways for radionuclide migration have been determined to be infiltrating rainwater and root penetration. Closure designs must therefore address both these factors. The designs for new storage/disposal facilities have also been given a firm technical basis. The major conclusions are that tritium will be stored for decay and not allowed to contact the groundwater, waste containing long-lived radionuclides such as iodine-129 must be stored for later geologic disposal, and above and below ground concrete vaults should be used for disposal of other low-level radioactive waste. 61 refs., 18 figs. 8 tabs.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035; AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6028013
• Report Number(s): DP-1778; ON: DE91009303
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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