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Title: Removal of Historic Low-Level Radioactive Sediment from the Port Hope Harbour - 13314

Abstract

At the Port Hope Harbour, located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, the presence of low-level radioactive sediment, resulting from a former radium and uranium refinery that operated alongside the Harbour, currently limits redevelopment and revitalization opportunities. These waste materials contain radium-226, uranium, arsenic and other contaminants. Several other on-land locations within the community of Port Hope are also affected by the low-level radioactive waste management practices of the past. The Port Hope Project is a community initiated undertaking that will result in the consolidation of an estimated 1.2 million cubic metres of the low-level radioactive waste from the various sites in Port Hope into a new engineered above ground long-term waste management facility. The remediation of the estimated 120,000 m{sup 3} of contaminated sediments from the Port Hope Harbour is one of the more challenging components of the Port Hope Project. Following a thorough review of various options, the proposed method of contaminated sediment removal is by dredging. The sediment from the dredge will then be pumped as a sediment-water slurry mixture into geo-synthetic containment tubes for dewatering. Due to the hard substrate below the contaminated sediment, the challenge has been to set performance standards in terms ofmore » low residual surface concentrations that are attainable in an operationally efficient manner. (authors)« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Baird and Associates, 1267 Cornwall Rd., Suite 100, Oakville ON, L6J7T5 (Canada)
  2. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Port Hope, ON (Canada)
  3. MMM Group Limited, Thornhill, ON (Canada)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9-332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
22225046
Report Number(s):
INIS-US-13-WM-13314
TRN: US14V0500046001
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: WM2013: Waste Management Conference: International collaboration and continuous improvement, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 24-28 Feb 2013; Other Information: Country of input: France; 12 refs.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ARSENIC; LAKE ONTARIO; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIUM 226; REMEDIAL ACTION; SEDIMENTS; SLURRIES; URANIUM; WATER REMOVAL

Citation Formats

Kolberg, Mark, Case, Glenn, and Ferguson Jones, Andrea. Removal of Historic Low-Level Radioactive Sediment from the Port Hope Harbour - 13314. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Kolberg, Mark, Case, Glenn, & Ferguson Jones, Andrea. Removal of Historic Low-Level Radioactive Sediment from the Port Hope Harbour - 13314. United States.
Kolberg, Mark, Case, Glenn, and Ferguson Jones, Andrea. 2013. "Removal of Historic Low-Level Radioactive Sediment from the Port Hope Harbour - 13314". United States.
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author = {Kolberg, Mark and Case, Glenn and Ferguson Jones, Andrea},
abstractNote = {At the Port Hope Harbour, located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, the presence of low-level radioactive sediment, resulting from a former radium and uranium refinery that operated alongside the Harbour, currently limits redevelopment and revitalization opportunities. These waste materials contain radium-226, uranium, arsenic and other contaminants. Several other on-land locations within the community of Port Hope are also affected by the low-level radioactive waste management practices of the past. The Port Hope Project is a community initiated undertaking that will result in the consolidation of an estimated 1.2 million cubic metres of the low-level radioactive waste from the various sites in Port Hope into a new engineered above ground long-term waste management facility. The remediation of the estimated 120,000 m{sup 3} of contaminated sediments from the Port Hope Harbour is one of the more challenging components of the Port Hope Project. Following a thorough review of various options, the proposed method of contaminated sediment removal is by dredging. The sediment from the dredge will then be pumped as a sediment-water slurry mixture into geo-synthetic containment tubes for dewatering. Due to the hard substrate below the contaminated sediment, the challenge has been to set performance standards in terms of low residual surface concentrations that are attainable in an operationally efficient manner. (authors)},
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year = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
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