Field demonstration of technologies for characterization of uranium contamination in surface soils

Conference · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10135869

Cunnane, J C ^[1]; Lee, S Y ^[2]; Perry, D L ^[3]; Tidwell, V C ^[4]; Schwing, J; Nuhfer, K R ^[5]; Weigand, G ^[6]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
4. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
5. Westinghouse Environmental Management Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Fernald Environmental Management Project
6. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). HAZWRAP Support Contractor Office

One means of improving the efficiency of studies associated with CERCLA and RCRA investigations of. sites contaminated with uranium is to introduce new field screening technologies capable of quickly delineating the contamination distribution in surface soils. To this end, the performance of four technologies suitable for field measurement of uranium concentrations in soils was evaluated at the Fernald Environmental Management Project. The four technologies tested were high-resolution gamma spectroscopy, wide-area beta scintillation counting, laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (LA-ICP-AES), and long-range alpha detection (LRAD). The performance of each technique was assessed by comparing of the results obtained in the field and by comparing the field measurements to data obtained from laboratory analysis of soil samples.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10135869
• Report Number(s): ANL/CMT/CP-77587; CONF-930205-22; ON: DE93008654
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management `93,Tucson, AZ (United States),28 Feb - 4 Mar 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SOILS
CONTAMINATION
URANIUM
FIELD TESTS
GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
SCINTILLATION COUNTING
EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
ALPHA DETECTION
DISTRIBUTION
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400102
440103
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
CHEMICAL AND SPECTRAL PROCEDURES
NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION