Published 1982
| Version v1
Book
Radionuclide migration model for buried waste at the Savannah River Plant
Creators
- 1. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC
Description
Solid waste has been buried at the Savannah River Plant burial ground since 1953. The solid waste is contaminated with alpha-emitting transuranium (TRU) nuclides, with beta-gamma-emitting activation and fission products, and with tritium. To provide guidance for the current use and eventual permanent retirement of the burial site from active service, a radionuclide environmental transport model has been used to project the potential influence on man if the burial site were occupied after decommissioning
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- University of Arizona.
- Imprint Place
- Tucson, AZ (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Waste isolation in the US and elsewhere, technical programs and public communications. Vol. 2. Low-level waste
- Journal Page Range
- p. 155-170.
Conference
- Title
- Waste management conference (ANS).
- Dates
- 8-11 Mar 1982.
- Place
- Tucson, AZ (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17050620
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DECOMMISSIONING; FISSION PRODUCTS; MAN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; SOLID WASTES; TRITIUM; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MAMMALS; MANAGEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PRIMATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; VERTEBRATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES