Using Downhole Probes to Locate and Characterize Buried Transuranic and Mixed Low Level Waste

Technical Report · Mon Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1043915· OSTI ID:1043915

Steinman, Donald K; Bramblett, Richard L; Hertzog, Russel C

Borehole logging probes were developed and tested to locate and quantify transuranic elements in subsurface disposal areas and in contaminated sites at USDOE Weapons Complex sites. A new method of measuring very high levels of chlroine in the subsurface was developed using pulsed neutron technology from oilfield applications. The probes were demonstrated at the Hanford site in wells containing plutonium and other contaminants.

• Research Organization: Applied Physics and Measurements, Inc.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-04ER83902
• OSTI ID: 1043915
• Report Number(s): Final STTR Report
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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pulsed neutron generators
borehole logging
probes
neutron activation
prompt fission
transuranic
mixed low level waste
chlorine
volatile organic compounds
subsurface disposal
contamination
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capture gamma rays
inelastic gamma rays