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Title

  • Main Title Hanford production reactor heat releases 1951--1971

Creator

  • Author: Kannberg, L.D.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: Pacific Northwest Laboratory
    Place of Publication: Richland, Washington

Date

  • Creation: 1992-04-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The purpose of this report is to document and detail the thermal releases from the Hanford nuclear production reactors during the period 1951 through 1971, and to put these releases in historical perspective with respect to changing Columbia River flows and temperatures. This information can also be used as a foundation for further ecological evaluations. When examining Hanford production reactor thermal releases to the Columbia River all related factors affecting the releases and the characteristics of the river should be considered. The major considerations in the present study were the characteristics of the releases themselves (primarily coolant flow rate, temperatures, discharge facilities, period of operation, and level of operation) and the characteristics of the river in that reach (primarily flow rate, temperature and mixing characteristics; the effects of dam construction were also taken into account). In addition, this study addressed ecological effects of thermal releases on aquatic species. Accordingly, this report includes discussion of the reactor cooling system, historical heat releases, thermal mixing and transport studies, hydroelectric power development, and ecologic effects of Hanford production reactor heat releases on salmon and trout. Appendix A contains reactor operating statistics, and Appendix B provide computations of heat added to the Columbia River between Priest Rapids Dam and Richland, Washington.
  • Physical Description: 73 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Surface Waters 220503* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Environmental Aspects-- Chemical & Thermal Effluents
  • STI Subject Categories: 220600 -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Research, Test & Experimental Reactors
  • Keyword: Environmental Effects
  • Keyword: Reactor Cooling Systems
  • STI Subject Categories: 22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors
  • STI Subject Categories: 54 Environmental Sciences
  • Keyword: Operation
  • Keyword: Ecosystems
  • Keyword: Flow Rate
  • STI Subject Categories: 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants
  • Keyword: Data
  • Keyword: Columbia River
  • STI Subject Categories: 560200 -- Thermal Effects
  • STI Subject Categories: 540340 -- Environment, Aquatic-- Thermal Effluents Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
  • STI Subject Categories: 63 Radiation, Thermal, And Other Environ. Pollutant Effects On Living Orgs. And Biol. Mat.
  • Keyword: Reactor Operation
  • Keyword: Cooling Systems
  • Keyword: Production Reactors
  • Keyword: Streams
  • Keyword: Reactors
  • Keyword: Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Keyword: Thermal Effluents
  • Keyword: Plutonium Production Reactors
  • Keyword: Rivers
  • Keyword: Hanford Production Reactors
  • Keyword: Numerical Data
  • Keyword: Information
  • Keyword: Reactor Components
  • Keyword: Fluid Flow
  • Keyword: Historical Aspects
  • Keyword: Compiled Data

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE92015139
  • Report No.: PNL-2689
  • Grant Number: AC06-76RL01830
  • DOI: 10.2172/5300279
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 5300279
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1065865

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI; NTIS; INIS; GPO Dep.
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