National low-level waste management program radionuclide report series, Volume 15: Uranium-238

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/130653· OSTI ID:130653

Adams, J P

This report, Volume 15 of the National Low-Level Waste Management Program Radionuclide Report Series, discusses the radiological and chemical characteristics of uranium-238 ({sup 238}U). The purpose of the National Low-Level Waste Management Program Radionuclide Report Series is to provide information to state representatives and developers of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities about the radiological, chemical, and physical characteristics of selected radionuclides and their behavior in the waste disposal facility environment. This report also includes discussions about waste types and forms in which {sup 238}U can be found, and {sup 238}U behavior in the environment and in the human body.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-94ID13223
• OSTI ID: 130653
• Report Number(s): DOE/LLW-131; ON: DE96002365; TRN: 96:000116
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
USA
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOISOTOPES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
URANIUM 238
HEALTH HAZARDS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES