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Title: RCRA Facility Investigation report for Waste Area Grouping 6 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Volume 2. Sections 4 through 9

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5787103· OSTI ID:5787103

This report presents compiled information concerning a facility investigation of waste area group 6(WAG-6), of the solid waste management units (SWMU's) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The WAG is a shallow ground disposal area for low-level radioactive wastes and chemical wastes. The report contains information on hydrogeological data, contaminant characterization, radionuclide concentrations, risk assessment and baseline human health evaluation including a toxicity assessment, and a baseline environmental evaluation.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Bechtel National, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States); CH2M Hill Southeast, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States); ERC Environmental and Energy Services Co., Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Peer Consultants, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
5787103
Report Number(s):
ORNL/ER/Sub-87/99053/5/V2; ES/ER-22/V2/D1; ON: DE92007764
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
RADIATION DOSES
GROUND WATER
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
GROUND DISPOSAL
HUMAN POPULATIONS
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
ORNL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
POLLUTANTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CESIUM 137
COMPILED DATA
CONTAMINATION
DECOMMISSIONING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EUROPIUM 152
EUROPIUM 154
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
STRONTIUM 90
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TOXICITY
URANIUM 233
URANIUM 238
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM ISOTOPES
DATA
DOSES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EUROPIUM ISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POPULATIONS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
URANIUM ISOTOPES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage
540230 - Environment
Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540250 - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)
540330 - Environment
Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540350 - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)
560161 - Radionuclide Effects
Kinetics
& Toxicology- Man
560162 - Radionuclide Effects
Kinetics
& Toxicology- Animals
Plants
Microorganisms
& Cells