Pacific Northwest Laboratory: Annual report for 1986 to the DOE Office of Energy Research: Part 3, Atmospheric sciences

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6084322· OSTI ID:6084322

Elderkin, C E

The goals of atmospheric research at Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) are to describe and predict the nature and fate of atmospheric contaminants and to develop an understanding of the atmospheric processes contributing to their distribution on local, regional, and continental scales. In 1986, atmospheric research examined the transport and diffusion of atmospheric contaminants in areas of complex terrain and participated in a large, multilaboratory program to assess the precipitation scavenging processes important to the transformation and wet deposition of chemicals composing ''acid rain.'' In addition, during 1986, a special opportunity for measuring the transport and removal of radioactivity occurred after the Chernobyl reactor accident in April 1986. Separate abstracts were prepared for individual projects.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6084322
• Report Number(s): PNL-6100-Pt.3; ON: DE88000665
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABSTRACTS
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHEMISTRY
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
COMPLEX TERRAIN
DIFFUSION
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FALLOUT
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
LEADING ABSTRACT
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
MASS TRANSFER
POLLUTION
POWER REACTORS
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RAIN
REACTORS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS