Evaluation of isotope migration - land burial. Water chemistry at commercially operated low-level radioactive waste disposal sites. Status report through September 30, 1979. [West Valley, NY; Maxey-Flats, KY; Barnwell, SC; Sheffield, IL]

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6355098· OSTI ID:6355098

Weiss, A J; Colombo, P

This study is designed to provide an understanding of and to monitor the behavior of existing low-level sites and to provide experimental research support to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for development of criteria for the selection and licensing of solid low-level radioactive waste disposal sites. One of the significant factors in the development of these criteria is the ability to make predictions on the rate of movement of radionuclides along the ground water flow path. In cooperation with the US Geological Survey (USGS), a field and laboratory program was initiated to study the existing commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal sites. This investigation will define the source terms (concentrations in solutions) of radionuclides and other solutes in trench waters at the sites, and will describe the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the geochemical system that control the movement of radionuclides. Chapters are devoted to: the survey study of low-level radioactive waste disposal sites; trench water analysis; microbiology; and geochemical considerations.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6355098
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-1289; BNL-NUREG-51143; ON: TI86002720
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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