Assessment of Westinghouse Hanford Company methods for estimating radionuclide release from ground disposal of waste water at the N Reactor sites [electronic resource]
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
1988.
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| Abstract: | This report summarizes the results of an independent assessment by Golder Associates, Inc. of the methods used by Westinghouse Hanford Company (Westinghouse Hanford) and its predecessors to estimate the annual offsite release of radionuclides from ground disposal of cooling and other process waters from the N Reactor at the Hanford Site. This assessment was performed by evaluating the present and past disposal practices and radionuclide migration data within the context of the hydrology, geology, and physical layout of the N Reactor disposal site. The conclusions and recommendations are based upon the available data and simple analytical calculations. Recommendations are provided for conducting more refined analyses and for continued field data collection in support of estimating annual offsite releases. Recommendations are also provided for simple operational and structural measures that should reduce the quantities of radionuclides leaving the site. 5 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab. |
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| Item Description: | Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. 09/01/1988. "whc-sp-0377" "DE91002752" Golder Associates, Inc., Richland, WA (USA) |
| Physical Description: | Pages: (83 p) : digital, PDF file. |