Migration of radioactive wastes: radionuclide mobilization by complexing agents. [/sup 60/Co migration at ORNL burial grounds]
Journal Article
·
· Science; (United States)
OSTI ID:7089799
- Princeton Univ., NJ
Ion exchange, gel filtration chromatography, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses have demonstrated that ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), an extremely strong complexing agent commonly used in decontamination operations at nuclear facilities, is causing the low-level migration of cobalt-60 from intermediate-level liquid waste disposal pits and trenches in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory burial grounds. Because it forms extremely strong complexes with rare earths and actinides, EDTA or similar chelates may also be contributing to the mobilization of these radionuclides from various terrestrial radioactive waste burial sites around the country.
- OSTI ID:
- 7089799
- Journal Information:
- Science; (United States), Journal Name: Science; (United States) Vol. 200:4349; ISSN SCIEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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510300* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMINO ACIDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHELATING AGENTS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CLEANING
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
CONTAMINATION
DECONTAMINATION
EDTA
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ION EXCHANGE
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORNL
POWER PLANTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMINO ACIDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHELATING AGENTS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CLEANING
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
CONTAMINATION
DECONTAMINATION
EDTA
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ION EXCHANGE
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORNL
POWER PLANTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES