Preliminary inventory of ²³⁹ ²⁴°Pu, ⁹°Sr, and ¹³⁷Cs in waste pond No. 2 (3513) [electronic resource]
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
1977.
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| Abstract: | Preliminary inventory of the ²³⁹,²⁴°Pu, ⁹°Sr, and ¹³⁷Cs was made in Waste Pond No. 2 (Facility No. 3513) in preparation for decommissioning of the facility. Based on the activity in the recovered cores and the areal distribution of bottom sediments, the inventory of ²³⁹,²⁴°Pu was approximately 80 g equivalent to 5 Ci. The ⁹°Sr inventory was 0.24 g equivalent to 33.6 Ci. The ¹³⁷Cs inventory was 2.3 g or 200 Ci. The least squares fit of the power curve y = a x/sup b/ shows that significant relationship exists among the three nuclides in the pond. The coefficient of determination, r², was 0.79 for Cs-Pu, 0.84 for Sr-Pu, and 0.81 for Cs-Sr. The regression lines were determined using all the data sets (n = 58); if three suspected points of the Cs-Pu plot are rejected, the r² increases to 0.91. Assumptions used to derive the inventory and the radionuclide relationships are discussed. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 06/01/1977. "ornl/tm-5802" Tamura, T.; Sealand, O. M.; Duguid, J. O. |
| Physical Description: | Pages: 31 : digital, PDF file. |