Evaluation of Maximum Radionuclide Groundwater Concentrations for Basement Fill Model. Zion Station Restoration Project

Technical Report · Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1176986· OSTI ID:1176986

Sullivan, Terry ^[1]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Biological, Environmental, and Climate Sciences Dept.

ZionSolutions is in the process of decommissioning the Zion Nuclear Power Plant in order to establish a new water treatment plant. There is some residual radioactive particles from the plant which need to be brought down to levels so an individual who receives water from the new treatment plant does not receive a radioactive dose in excess of 25 mrem/y⁻¹. The objectives of this report are: (a) To present a simplified conceptual model for release from the buildings with residual subsurface structures that can be used to provide an upper bound on contaminant concentrations in the fill material; (b) Provide maximum water concentrations and the corresponding amount of mass sorbed to the solid fill material that could occur in each building for use in dose assessment calculations; (c) Estimate the maximum concentration in a well located outside of the fill material; and (d) Perform a sensitivity analysis of key parameters.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: SC00112704
• OSTI ID: 1176986
• Report Number(s): BNL-107250-2014-IR; R&D Project: 87274; 600301010; TRN: US1500142
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
GROUND WATER
ABUNDANCE
RADIATION DOSES
BASEMENTS
BUILDINGS
EVALUATION
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES
ZION-1 REACTOR
ZION-2 REACTOR
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
RADIOACTIVITY
ACTIVITY LEVELS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION