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Title: Field survey of the shallow land low-level radioactive waste burial site near Beatty, Nevada

Abstract

High resolution gamma-ray spectrometry was used to determine radioactivity levels in surface soil at the site as part of an effort to confirm the boundaries of existing waste burial trenches, locate any additional radioactive wastes beyond the established burial area, characterize the distribution of radionuclides around the waste burial site, and determine whether movement of radioactivity from unearthed waste drums had occurred. Cesium-137, /sup 60/Co, and some other radionuclides were measured around the perimeter fence and in the area where waste drums were excavated along the northern fence. The data are compared with information generated by subsurface pulsed radar techniques. In addition, the in-situ counting measurements were compared with analyses of soil samples taken below ground surface at each counting location.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Battelle, Pac Northwest Lab, Richland, WA
OSTI Identifier:
5055298
Report Number(s):
CONF-810217-
Journal ID: CODEN: PSWMD
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Proc. Symp. Waste Manage.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2; Conference: ANS waste management conference, Tucson, AZ, USA, 23 Feb 1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; GROUND DISPOSAL; NEVADA; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIOMETRIC SURVEYS; ACTIVITY LEVELS; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOACTIVITY; SITE SURVEYS; SOILS; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FEDERAL REGION IX; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROSCOPY; SURVEYS; USA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 510301* - Environment, Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- Soil- (-1987); 052002 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage

Citation Formats

Nielson, H L, Wogman, N A, and Kirby, L J. Field survey of the shallow land low-level radioactive waste burial site near Beatty, Nevada. United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
Nielson, H L, Wogman, N A, & Kirby, L J. Field survey of the shallow land low-level radioactive waste burial site near Beatty, Nevada. United States.
Nielson, H L, Wogman, N A, and Kirby, L J. 1981. "Field survey of the shallow land low-level radioactive waste burial site near Beatty, Nevada". United States.
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abstractNote = {High resolution gamma-ray spectrometry was used to determine radioactivity levels in surface soil at the site as part of an effort to confirm the boundaries of existing waste burial trenches, locate any additional radioactive wastes beyond the established burial area, characterize the distribution of radionuclides around the waste burial site, and determine whether movement of radioactivity from unearthed waste drums had occurred. Cesium-137, /sup 60/Co, and some other radionuclides were measured around the perimeter fence and in the area where waste drums were excavated along the northern fence. The data are compared with information generated by subsurface pulsed radar techniques. In addition, the in-situ counting measurements were compared with analyses of soil samples taken below ground surface at each counting location.},
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