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Title:
EFFECTS OF RIVER FLOW MANIPULATION AT PRIEST RAPIDS
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
COLUMBIA RIVERCOOLANT SUPPLIESHANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORSRIVER CONTAMINATIONRIVER FLOWRIVER TEMPERATUREWATER CONTAMINATIONWATER SUPPLIES
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1955 Aug 03
Declassification Date:
1981 Jul 07
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
7
Accession Number:
RL-1-362442
Document Number(s):
HW-38449
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 19
Description/Abstract:
OPERATION OF A PRIEST RAPIDS DAM IS STATED TO NECESSITIATE RIVER FLOW MANIPULATION VARYING FROM 25,000 CFS TO 120,000 CFS IN WINTER MONTHS OF CRITICAL WATER YEARS. POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THIS IN REACTOR OPERATION AND WASTE DISPOSAL TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER WERE REVIEWED, INCLUDING RADIATION HAZARDS IN REACTOR AREA WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, REACTOR AREA DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATIONS, INCREASED RIVER TEMPERATURE CR+6 POLLUTION PROBLEMS, EFFECTS ON DOWNSTREAM RIVER USAGE, AND EFFECTS ON AQUATIC LIFE.