Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste Management, Oak Ridge
Title | Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste Management, Oak Ridge PDF eBook |
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Pages | 332 |
Release | 1977 |
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Final Environmental Statement
Title | Final Environmental Statement PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Energy Research and Development Administration |
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Pages | 318 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Environmental monitoring |
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Draft Environmental Statement
Title | Draft Environmental Statement PDF eBook |
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Release | 1977 |
Genre | Environmental monitoring |
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Final Environmental Impact Statement
Title | Final Environmental Impact Statement PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Energy Research and Development Administration |
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Pages | 332 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Environmental monitoring |
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Radioactive Waste Management
Title | Radioactive Waste Management PDF eBook |
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Pages | 364 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Radioactive waste disposal |
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Radioactive Waste Management
Title | Radioactive Waste Management PDF eBook |
Author | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |
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Pages | 92 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Bibliographies |
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History of Disposal of Radioactive Wastes Into the Ground at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Title | History of Disposal of Radioactive Wastes Into the Ground at Oak Ridge National Laboratory PDF eBook |
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Release | 1986 |
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Since the beginning of operations at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in 1943, shallow land burial has been used for the disposal of solid low-level radioactive waste. These wastes have originated from nearly every operating facility, and from 1955 to 1963, ORNL's solid waste storage areas were designated by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) as the Southern Regional Burial Ground. During this period, about one million cubic feet of solid waste from various off-site installations were buried in solid waste storage areas (SWSAs) 4 and 5. Six SWSAs have been used since land burial operations began at ORNL in early 1944. ORNL has generated liquid radioactive waste since the separation of plutonium began in 1944. The majority of these wastes are classified as process (low-level) waste and are derived from evaporator condensate and cooling water from process vessels, and from building drains and surface drainage from contaminated areas. Process wastes are monitored at sampling stations located strategicially throughout the plant, and for nearly 15 years (1944 to 1957) they were discharged directly into White Oak Creek without being treated chemically to remove radionuclides. A smaller quantity of intermediate-level wastes (ILW) originate from the radiochemical separation process and from test reactors. The collection, treatment, and methods of disposal of ILW from the years 1943 to 1981 are described. Over this period of time there was a great deal of variation in the amounts and types of radioactive liquid wastes generated.