Ecologic assessment of closure options for Savannah River Plant waste sites

Technical Report · Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6817318

The report contains ecologic analyses of closure options for each of 26 functional groups of waste sites at SRP. Some of these waste sites have historically received hazardous, radioactive, or mixed wastes. SRP has been a designated National Environmental Research Park since 1972. In addition, the effect of 30 years of restricted public access has been to make the SRP, in a sense, a wildlife refuge. Contemporaneously with restricted access and production of strategic nuclear materials, there have been increases in wildlife populations, extensive pine planting, and return of formerly agricultural land to natural succession. In preparing this report, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) utilized data for contaminants in groundwater, surface waters, basin sediments, and waste site soils collected by various contractors and provided by du Pont. In addition, the ecologic assessments are based upon PATHRAE ground water transport modeling performed by Rogers and Associates Engineering, and a stream dilution modeling methodology adopted by du Pont. SAIC did not perform field work in the course of the assessment, but did visit the major sites for cursory visual inspection and examined aerial photographs of waste sites and surrounding terrain. 111 refs., 22 figs., 163 tabs.

• Research Organization: Science Applications International Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6817318
• Report Number(s): CORR-870116; SAIC-87/1645; ON: DE89001425
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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