Quadrant III RFI draft report: Appendix B-I, Volume 3

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6775805

In order to determine the nature and extent of contamination at a RCRA site it is often necessary to investigate and characterize the chemical composition of the medium in question that represents background conditions. Background is defined as current conditions present at a site which are unaffected by past treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste (OEPA, 1991). The background composition of soils at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) site was characterized for the purpose of comparing investigative soil data to a background standard for each metal on the Target Compound List/Target Analyte List and each radiological parameter of concern in this RFI. Characterization of background compositions with respect to organic parameters was not performed because the organic parameters in the TCL/TAL are not naturally occurring at the site and because the site is not located in a highly industrialized area nor downgradient from another unrelated hazardous waste site. Characterization of the background soil composition with respect to metals and radiological parameters was performed by collecting and analyzing soil boring and hand-auger samples in areas deemed unaffected by past treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste. Criteria used in determining whether a soil sample location would be representative of the true background condition included: environmental history of the location, relation to Solid Waste Management Units (SWMU's), prevailing wind direction, surface runoff direction, and ground-water flow direction.

• Research Organization: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, OH (United States); Geraghty and Miller, Inc., Dublin, OH (United States). Environmental Services
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76OR00001
• OSTI ID: 6775805
• Report Number(s): POEF/ER/Sub-88/4551/D1-Vol.3; ON: DE93007780
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COMPILED DATA
DATA
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS
MANAGEMENT
MATTER
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
TECHNETIUM
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URANIUM
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
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