Ranking nonradiological compounds for selecting indicator contaminants at Savannah River Plant waste sites
At the Savannah River Plant (SRP), there are 26 waste sites/functional groups for which it will be necessary to conduct assessments to characterize the risk associated with the presence of a potentially large number of organic and inorganic substances. For the purpose of the risk assessment, however, it is impractical to evaluate risk associated with every contaminant present at a given site. Rather, the compounds present are to be ranked, and indicator'' compounds of greatest concern will be selected to serve as the focus of the assessment at each site. The selection of indicator compounds is based upon evaluation of the following factors: (1) the quantity of the compound present in the waste site, (2) the extent of environmental contamination by the compound in the vicinity of the site, (3) the toxicity of the compound, (4) mobility of the compound in soil, (5) the aqueous solubility, (6) volatility, and (7) the persistence of the compound in the environment (half-life). The purpose of this document is to describe in detail the methodology used in selecting indicator compounds at SRP, and the results of method implementation. Section 1.2 which follow presents a review of existing approaches for identifying indicator compounds at waste sites. Section 2 describes the methodology developed for scoring and selecting indicator contaminants. Section 3 presents the results of the implementation of the methodology.
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications International Corp., McLean, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 7067309
- Report Number(s):
- CORR-86-0284; SAIC-85/1863A; ON: DE92017106
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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