Performance of special wasteform lysimeters at a humid site

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6381015

Oblath, S B; Hawkins, R H

The special wasteform lysimeters at the Savannah River Laboratory are designed to measure the migration of radionuclides from commercial power reactor wasteforms under unsaturated conditions in a humid site. Operation of the lysimeters under field conditions allows prediction of the behavior of solid low-level wasteforms (concrete and polymer) in actual burial trenches. Analysis of the percolate water from the lysimeters has been performed regularly since emplacement of the waste in March 1982. Co-60 and Sr-90 have migrated through the soil to the sumps. Cs-137 has been detected only in water collected from the soil column and has not yet migrated to the sumps. The results of this unsaturated leaching can be compared to the performance of identical wasteforms in saturated leach tests. 3 references, 1 figure, 3 tables.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6381015
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-84-83; CONF-8409115-7; ON: DE85000752
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BUILDING MATERIALS
CESIUM 137
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COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
CONCRETES
DATA
DISSOLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GROUND WATER
HUMIDITY
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
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INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEACHING
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
POLYMERS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE FORMS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES