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Age dating ground water by use of chlorofluorocarbons (CCl{sub 3}F and CCl{sub 2}F{sub 2}), and distribution of chlorofluorocarbons in the unsaturated zone, Snake River Plain aquifer, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho

Detectable concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC`s) were observed in ground water and unsaturated-zone air at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) and vicinity. The recharge ages of waters were determined to be from 4 to more than 50 years on the basis of CFC concentrations and other environmental data; most ground waters have ages of 14 to 30 years. These results indicate that young ground water was added at various locations to the older regional ground water (greater than 50… more

Date: April 1, 1993

Creator: Busenberg, E.; Weeks, E. P.; Plummer, L. N. & Bartholomay, R. C.

Item Type: Report

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Hanford environmental publications/presentations, 1989--1993

This document provides references to the diverse environment activities conducted on the Hanford Site and the data available for the years 1989 through 1993. The bibliography includes presentations, articles, and reports that were prepared mainly by staff of the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, primarily for the Department of Energy, other onsite contractors, and other agencies and/or organizations involved in environmental studies at Hanford. References listed in the bibliography include: (1) abs… more

Date: July 1, 1994

Creator: Gray, R. H.

Item Type: Report

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Overview of geologic storage of natural gas with an emphasis on assessing the feasibility of storing hydrogen.

In many regions across the nation geologic formations are currently being used to store natural gas underground. Storage options are dictated by the regional geology and the operational need. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has an interest in understanding theses various geologic storage options, the advantages and disadvantages, in the hopes of developing an underground facility for the storage of hydrogen as a low cost storage option, as part of the hydrogen delivery infrastructure. Curre… more

Date: September 1, 2009

Creator: Lord, Anna Snider

Item Type: Report

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The implications of UIC and NPDES regulations on selection of disposal options for spent geothermal brine

This document reviews and evaluates the various options for the disposal of geothermal wastewater with respect to the promulgated regulations for the protection of surface and groundwaters. The Clean Water Act of 1977 and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments are especially important when designing disposal systems for geothermal fluids. The former promulgates regulations concerning the discharge of wastewater into surface waters, while the latter is concerned with the protection of ground wat… more

Date: July 1, 1982

Item Type: Report

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Laboratory tests of mafic, ultra-mafic, and sedimentary rock types for in-situ applications for carbon dioxide sequestration

Recent tests conducted at the Albany Research Center have addressed the possibility of in-situ storage of carbon dioxide in geological formations, particularly in deep brackish to saline non-potable aquifers, and the formation of secondary carbonate minerals over time within these aquifers. Various rock types including Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) drill core samples, blocks of ultra-mafic rock and sandstone were used. A solution formulated from aquifer data, a bicarbonate salt solution, a… more

Date: January 1, 2004

Creator: Rush, G.E.; O'Connor, William K.; Dahlin, David C.; Penner, Larry R. & Gerdemann, Stephen J.

Item Type: Article

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Development Report on the Idaho National Laboratory Sitewide Three-Dimensional Aquifer Model

A sub-regional scale, three-dimensional flow model of the Snake River Plain Aquifer was developed to support remediation decisions for Waste Area Group 10, Operable Unit 10 08 at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site. This model has been calibrated primarily to water levels and secondarily to groundwater velocities interpreted from stable isotope disequilibrium studies and the movement of anthropogenic contaminants in the aquifer from facilities at the INL. The three-dimensional flow model d… more

Date: September 1, 2007

Creator: Wood, Thomas R.; Helm-Clark, Catherine M.; Huang, Hai; Magnuson, Swen; McLing, Travis; Orr, Brennon et al.

Item Type: Report

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Conceptual Models for Migration of Key Groundwater Contaminants Through the Vadose Zone and Into the Upper Unconfined Aquifer Below the B-Complex

The B-Complex contains 3 major crib and trench disposal sites and 3 SST farms that have released nearly 346 mega-liters of waste liquids containing the following high groundwater risk drivers: ~14,000 kg of CN, 29,000 kg of Cr, 12,000 kg of U and 145 Ci of Tc-99. After a thorough review of available vadose zone sediment and pore water, groundwater plume, field gamma logging, field electrical resistivity studies, we developed conceptual models for which facilities have been the significant sourc… more

Date: July 1, 2010

Creator: Serne, R. Jeffrey; Bjornstad, Bruce N.; Keller, Jason M.; Thorne, Paul D.; Lanigan, David C.; Christensen, J. N. et al.

Item Type: Report

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Echo Meadows Project Winter Artificial Recharge.

This report discusses the findings of the Echo Meadows Project (BPA Project 2001-015-00). The main purpose of this project is to artificially recharge an alluvial aquifer, WITH water from Umatilla River during the winter high flow period. In turn, this recharged aquifer will discharge an increased flow of cool groundwater back to the river, thereby improving Umatilla River water quality and temperature. A considerable side benefit is that the Umatilla River should improve as a habitat for migra… more

Date: December 19, 2002

Creator: Ziari, Fred

Item Type: Report

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Raft River monitor well potentiometric head responses and water quality as related to the conceptual ground-water flow system

Ground-water monitoring near the Raft River site was initiated in 1974 by the IDWR. This effort consisted of semiannual chemical sampling of 22 irrigation wells near the Raft River geothermal development area. This program yielded useful baseline chemical data; however, several problems were inherent. For example, access to water pumped from the wells is limited to the irrigation season (April through September). All the wells are not continuously pumped; thus, some wells that are sampled one s… more

Date: September 1, 1982

Creator: Allman, D. W.; Tullis, J. A.; Dolenc, M. R.; Thurow, T. L. & Skiba, P. A.

Item Type: Report

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Applicability of slug interference testing of hydraulic characterization of contaminated aquifer sites

Aquifer test methods available for characterizing hazardous waste sites are sometimes restricted because of problems with disposal of contaminated groundwater. These problems, in part, have made slug tests a more desirable method of determining hydraulic properties at such sites. However, in higher permeability formations (i.e., transmissivities {ge} 1 {times} 10{sup {minus}3} m{sup 2}/s), slug test results often cannot be analyzed and give, at best, only a lower limit for transmissivity. A nee… more

Date: October 1, 1993

Creator: Spane, F. A. & Swanson, L. C.

Item Type: Article

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F-Area Seepage Basins groundwater monitoring report: First and second quarters 1993. Volume 1

During the first half of 1993, the groundwater at the F-Area Seepage Basins (FASB) was monitored in compliance with South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, R61-79.265, Subpart F. Eighty-seven wells provided samples from the three hydrostratigraphic units that make up the uppermost aquifer beneath the FASB. A detailed description of the uppermost aquifer is included in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Part B Post-Closure Care Permit Application for the F-Area Hazardous W… more

Date: September 1, 1993

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Geohydrologic feasibility study of the Piceance Basin of Colorado for the potential applicability of Jack W. McIntyre`s patented gas/produced water separation process

Geraghty & Miller, Inc. of Midland, Texas conducted geologic and hydrologic feasibility studies of the potential applicability of Jack McIntyre`s patented process for the recovery of natural gas from coalbed/sand formations in the Piceance Basin through literature surveys. Jack McIntyre`s tool separates produced water from gas and disposes of the water downhole into aquifers unused because of poor water quality, uneconomic lifting costs or poor aquifer deliverability. The beneficial aspects of … more

Date: February 1, 1994

Creator: Kieffer, F.

Item Type: Report

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In situ bioremediation via horizontal wells. Revision 1

The test consisted of methane mixed with air into the contaminated aquifer via a horizontal well and extraction from the vadose zone via a parallel horizontal well. This configuration has the advantage of simultaneously stimulating methanotrophic activity in both the groundwater and vadose zone, and inhibiting spread of the contaminant plume. Groundwater was monitored biweekly from 13 wells for a variety of chemical and microbiological parameters. Groundwater from wells in affected areas showed… more

Date: December 1, 1993

Creator: Hazen, T. C.; Looney, B. B.; Enzien, M.; Dougherty, J. M.; Wear, J.; Fliermans, C. B. et al.

Item Type: Article

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Numerical analysis of temperature and flow effects in a dry, one-dimensional aquifer used for compressed air energy storage

A detailed description of the method of analysis and the results obtained for an investigation of the hydrodynamic and thermodynamic response of a model of a dry porous media reservoir used for compressed air energy storage (CAES) is presented. Results were obtained from a one-dimensional simulation of the cycling of heated air to and from a radial flow field surrounding a single well in a porous rock. It was assumed that the performance of the bulk of the reservoir could be characterized by th… more

Date: February 1, 1979

Creator: Smith, G.C.; Wiles, L.E. & Loscutoff, W.V.

Item Type: Report

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Comment on Origin of Groundwater Discharge at Fall River Springs

I'm writing at the request of the Pit River Tribe to offer my professional opinion as a geochemist regarding the origin of groundwater discharge at the Fall River Springs, Shasta Co., California. In 1997, I conducted a study of the large volume cold springs associated with the Cascade Volcanoes in northern California, in collaboration with one of my colleagues. This work was published as a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report (Davisson and Rose, 1997). The Fall River Springs emerge fro… more

Date: October 20, 2006

Creator: Rose, T

Item Type: Report

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Southwest Regional Partnership on Carbon Sequestration Phase II

The Southwest Regional Partnership (SWP) on Carbon Sequestration designed and deployed a medium-scale field pilot test of geologic carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in the Aneth oil field. Greater Aneth oil field, Utah's largest oil producer, was discovered in 1956 and has produced over 455 million barrels of oil (72 million m3). Located in the Paradox Basin of southeastern Utah, Greater Aneth is a stratigraphic trap producing from the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation. Because it represents an … more

Date: February 1, 2011

Creator: Rutledge, James

Item Type: Report

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Radionuclides, inorganic constitutents, organic compounds, and bacteria in water from selected wells and springs from the southern boundary of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to the Hagerman Area, Idaho, 1992

The U.S. Geological Survey and the Idaho Department of Water Resources, in response to a request from the U.S. Department of Energy, sampled 18 sites as part of a long-term project to monitor water quality of the Snake River Plain aquifer from the southern boundary of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to the Hagerman area. Water samples were collected and analyzed for selected radionuclides, inorganic constituents, organic compounds, and bacteria. The samples were collected from 13 irri… more

Date: November 1, 1994

Creator: Bartholomay, R. C.; Edwards, D. D. & Campbell, L. J.

Item Type: Report

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Straddle-packer determination of the vertical distribution of hydraulic properties in the Snake River Plain Aquifer at well USGS-44, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, INEL

Many of the monitor wells that penetrate the upper portion of the Snake River Plain aquifer at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) are open over large intervals that include multiple water-bearing zones. Most of these wells are equipped with dedicated submersible pumps. Water of varying quality from different water-bearing zones is mixed within the wells. The hydrologic properties of individual water bearing zones are difficult to determine. Water quality and water-level data on or… more

Date: September 23, 1994

Creator: Monks, J. I.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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H{sub 2}OTREAT: An acid for evaluating water treatment requirements for Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage

A public-domain software package is available to aid engineers in the design of water treatment systems for Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES). Geochemical phenomena that cause problems in ATES systems include formation of scale in heat exchangers, clogging of wells, corrosion in piping and heat exchangers, and degradation of aquifer materials. Preventing such problems frequently requires employing water treatment systems. Individual water treatment methods vary in cost. effectiveness, envir… more

Date: August 1, 1992

Creator: Vail, L. W.; Jenne, E. A. & Eary, L. E.

Item Type: Article

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Utilizing Divers in Support of Spent Fuel Basin Closure Subproject

A number of nuclear facilities in the world are aging and with this comes the fact that we have to either keep repairing them or decommission them. At the Department of Energy Idaho Site (DOEID) there are a number of facilities that are being decommissioned, but the facilities that pose the highest risk to the large aquifer that flows under the site are given highest priorities. Aging spent nuclear fuel pools at DOE-ID are among the facilities that pose the highest risk, therefore four pools we… more

Date: January 1, 2005

Creator: Nellesen, Allen

Item Type: Article

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In Situ Remediation Integrated Program: FY 1994 program summary

The US Department of Energy (DOE) established the Office of Technology Development (EM-50) as an element of the Office of Environmental Management (EM) in November 1989. In an effort to focus resources and address priority needs, EM-50 introduced the concept of integrated programs (IPs) and integrated demonstrations (IDs). The In Situ Remediation Integrated Program (ISR IP) focuses research and development on the in-place treatment of contaminated environmental media, such as soil and groundwat… more

Date: April 1, 1995

Item Type: Report

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In Situ Production of Chlorine-36 in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer, Idaho: Implications for Describing Ground-Water Contamination Near a Nuclear Facility

The purpose of this report is to describe the calculated contribution to ground water of natural, in situ produced 36Cl in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer and to compare these concentrations in ground water with measured concentrations near a nuclear facility in southeastern Idaho. The scope focused on isotopic and chemical analyses and associated 36Cl in situ production calculations on 25 whole-rock samples from 6 major water-bearing rock types present in the eastern Snake River Plain. T… more

Date: 2000

Creator: Cecil, L. D.; Knobel, L. L.; Green, J. R. & Frape, S. K.

Item Type: Report

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Characterization of Contaminant Transport using Naturally-Occurring U-Series Disequilibria - Final Report - 05/01/1997 - 04/30/2001

The interactions of mixed wastes containing radionuclides with solid rock surface and the mobility of the radionuclides in aquifer systems depend not only on the chemistry of the nuclides and the physico-chemical effects of radioactive decay, but also on the site-specific hydrogeology. Thus, to characterize contaminant transport, it is best to cross-check figures derived from any small-scale laboratory experiments over limited times with that obtained from field-oriented, natural analog studies… more

Date: April 30, 2001

Creator: Murrell, Michael T. & Ku, Teh-Lung

Item Type: Report

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Fate and transport in the subsurface of radioactive waste

Disposal of tritium generation wastes in shallow, concrete vaults was modeled to determine aquifer concentrations created by advection and diffusion. A 10,000-year minimum duration was examined, hence material changes in waste containers, vaults and engineered barriers were accommodated in the simulations. Ground-water flow analyses were accomplished in three steady-state stages, representing the intact, cracked, and failed states of the concrete vaults. Radionuclide half-lives and Kds were maj… more

Date: January 27, 2000

Creator: Collard, L.B.

Item Type: Article

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