NNSS Soils Monitoring: Plutonium Valley (CAU 366) FY2016

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1404699· OSTI ID:1404699

Nikolich, George ^[1]; Mizell, Steve ^[1]; McCurdy, Greg ^[1]; Campbell, Scott ^[1]; Miller, Julianne J. ^[1]

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1. Desert Research Inst. (DRI), Las Vegas, NV (United States)

Desert Research Institute (DRI) is conducting a field assessment of the potential for contaminated soil transport from the Plutonium Valley Contamination Area (CA) as a result of wind transport and storm runoff in support of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) efforts to complete regulatory closure of the contamination areas. The DRI work is intended to confirm the likely mechanism(s) of transport and determine the meteorological conditions that might cause movement of contaminated soils. The emphasis of the work is on collecting sediment transported by channelized storm runoff at the Plutonium Valley investigation sites. These data will inform closure plans that are being developed, which will facilitate the appropriate closure design and post-closure monitoring.

• Research Organization: Desert Research Inst. (DRI), Reno, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003590
• OSTI ID: 1404699
• Report Number(s): 45278; DOE/NV/0003590-03
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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