Rapid Migration of Radionuclides Leaked from High-Level Waste Tanks: A Study of Salinity Gradients, Wetted Path Geometry, and Water Vapor Transport Metadata

Metadata describes a digital item, providing (if known) such information as creator, publisher, contents, size, relationship to other resources, and more. Metadata may also contain "preservation" components that help us to maintain the integrity of digital files over time.

Available Formats

Dublin Core: XML Dublin Core: JSON Dublin Core: Text Dublin Core: RDF/XML UNTL: XML Access METS: XML

Title

  • Main Title Rapid Migration of Radionuclides Leaked from High-Level Waste Tanks: A Study of Salinity Gradients, Wetted Path Geometry, and Water Vapor Transport

Creator

  • Author: Ward, Anderson L.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Gee, Glendon
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Selker, John
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Tyler, Scott
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Environmental Management.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)
    Place of Publication: Richland, Washington
    Additional Info: Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
  • Name: Oregon State University
    Place of Publication: Corvallis, Oregon
    Additional Info: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (United States)
  • Name: Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 2000-06-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This study combines laboratory, field, and numerical experiments with the following objectives: to investigate the effect of elevated surface tension, density, and viscosity of highly saline fluids on soil water-retention properties, wetting front instability, the formation and persistence of fingers, and contaminant mobility to investigate the conditions under which osmotically driven vapor flux is operative and quantify its impact on plume transport to develop and incorporate a theory describing these processes into an existing DOE-developed, numerical simulator to allow prediction of contaminant migration at realistic spatial and temporal scales. The product will be a tool that DOE can use to perform more realistic analyses to predict fate and transport of high ionic-strength contaminants, evaluate different tank waste retrieval strategies and their impact on the vadose zone, and assess the associated health risks.
  • Physical Description: vp.

Subject

  • Keyword: Waste Retrieval
  • Keyword: Surface Tension
  • STI Subject Categories: 12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities
  • Keyword: Water Vapor
  • Keyword: Wastes
  • Keyword: Soils
  • STI Subject Categories: 58 Geosciences
  • Keyword: Radioisotopes
  • Keyword: Simulators
  • Keyword: Salinity Gradients
  • Keyword: Tanks
  • STI Subject Categories: 54 Environmental Sciences
  • Keyword: Plumes
  • Keyword: Viscosity
  • Keyword: Transport
  • Keyword: Instability
  • Keyword: Forecasting

Source

  • Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 2000

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

  • Report No.: EMSP-65410--2000
  • Grant Number: FG07-98ER14925
  • Grant Number: FG07-98ER14920
  • DOI: 10.2172/833286
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 833286
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc785643
Back to Top of Screen