An investigation of shallow ground-water quality near East Fork Poplar Creek, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6920556

Carmichael, J K

Alluvial soils and fill materials in and near the flood plain of East Fork Poplar Creek in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, are contaminated with various trace metals (primarily mercury), organic compounds, and radionuclides that were lost to the stream as a result of past operations at the Y-12 Plant, a nuclear-processing facility located within the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation. Observation wells were installed in the shallow (above bedrock) aquifer in and near the flood plain of East Fork Poplar Creek and water-quality samples were collected to determine if contaminants found in the soils and fill are also present in the shallow ground water. Results are described.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Nashville, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AI05-86OR21674
• OSTI ID: 6920556
• Report Number(s): USGS-WRI-88-4219; ON: DE93005055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
AQUIFERS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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