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Site characterization plan for groundwater in Waste Area Grouping 1 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee [electronic resource]

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Online Access: Online Access
Corporate Author: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1994.
Subjects:
Radioactive Waste Facilities.
Geochemistry.
Hazardous Materials.
Decommissioning.
Low-level Radioactive Wastes.
Soils.
Surface Waters.
Ground Water.
Ground Disposal.
Ornl.
Pipes.
Site Characterization.
Radionuclide Migration.
Decontamination.
Management Of Radioactive And Non-radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities.
Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials.
Environmental Sciences.
Description
Abstract:The Waste Area Grouping (WAG) 1 Groundwater Operable Unit (OU) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is undergoing a site characterization to identify environmental contamination that may be present. This document, Site Characterization Report for Groundwater in Waste Area Grouping I at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, identifies areas of concern with respect to WAG 1 groundwater and presents the rationale, justification, and objectives for conducting this continuing site characterization. This report summarizes the operations that have taken place at each of the areas of concern in WAG 1, summarizes previous characterization studies that have been performed, presents interpretations of previously collected data and information, identifies contaminants of concern, and presents an action plan for further site investigations and early actions that will lead to identification of contaminant sources, their major groundwater pathways, and reduced off-site migration of contaminated groundwater to surface water. Site characterization Activities performed to date at WAG I have indicated that groundwater contamination, principally radiological contamination, is widespread. An extensive network of underground pipelines and utilities have contributed to the dispersal of contaminants to an unknown extent. The general absence of radiological contamination in surface water at the perimeter of WAG 1 is attributed to the presence of pipelines and underground waste storage tank sumps and dry wells distributed throughout WAG 1 which remove more than about 40 million gal of contaminated groundwater per year.
Item Description:Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information.
07/01/1994.
"doe/or--01-1194-d2"
" ornl/er--191-d2"
"DE94015940"
Lee, R.R.; Singer, M.L.; Wolf, D.A.; Tardiff, M.F.; Houlberg, L.M.; Purucker, S.T.; Curtis, A.H.
Physical Description:285 p. : digital, PDF file.
Type of Report and Period Covered Note:Topical;

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