at the site involving many missions. There was a reasonable effort to minimize subsurface contamination prob-In a remote site in eastern Idaho, now known as the Idaho National lems. However, the understanding of subsurface flow Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site, the U.S. Government established a facility to test-fire naval gunnery during and contaminant transport phenomena, and of proper World War II. The mission after the war switched to development disposal techniques, was not sufficient to prevent suband demonstration of nuclear technology. For more than 50 yr, the surface contamination. Even today, our understanding site has been devoted to nuclear energy research. Because of the and our ability to accurately predict subsurface contamiremote location of the site west of Idaho Falls, ID, wastes containing nant flow and transport, especially in the vadose zone, radioactive and hazardous materials were disposed to the subsurface. are severely limited. It was felt that any disposed materials would not travel downward through the vadose zone, which is 100 to 300 m thick, to the underlying Snake River Aquifer. However, some materials have traveled through HISTORY the thick vadose zone and contaminated the aquifer. Other wastes Located in a remote arid area in eastern Idaho on were injected directly into the aquifer. To provide a general backthe northeast-trending Snake River Plain, the U.S. Govground for papers in this special issue of Vadose Zone Journal on ernment established a site to test-fire gunnery that was research at the INEEL, we give a brief historical perspective of work being refurbished at the Naval Ordnance Plant in Pocaconducted at the INEEL Site west of Idaho Falls and associated subsurface contamination issues. We furthermore give an overview tello, ID. The U.S. Navy withdrew approximately 715 of the research papers presented in this special issue.
In a remote site in eastern Idaho, now known as the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site, the U.S. Government established a facility to test‐fire naval gunnery during World War II. The mission after the war switched to development and demonstration of nuclear technology. For more than 50 yr, the site has been devoted to nuclear energy research. Because of the remote location of the site west of Idaho Falls, ID, wastes containing radioactive and hazardous materials were disposed to the subsurface. It was felt that any disposed materials would not travel downward through the vadose zone, which is 100 to 300 m thick, to the underlying Snake River Aquifer. However, some materials have traveled through the thick vadose zone and contaminated the aquifer. Other wastes were injected directly into the aquifer. To provide a general background for papers in this special issue of Vadose Zone Journal on research at the INEEL, we give a brief historical perspective of work conducted at the INEEL Site west of Idaho Falls and associated subsurface contamination issues. We furthermore give an overview of the research papers presented in this special issue.
This white paper has been prepared to document the approach to develop strategies to address Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) science and technology needs/uncertainties to support completion of INEEL Idaho Completion Project (Environmental Management [EM]) projects against the 2012 plan. Important Idaho Completion Project remediation and clean-up projects include the 2008 OU 10-08 Record of Decision, completion of EM by 2012, Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center Tanks, INEEL CERCLA Disposal Facility, and the Radioactive Waste Management Complex.The objective of this effort was to develop prioritized operational needs and uncertainties that would assist Operations in remediation and clean-up efforts at the INEEL and develop a proposed path forward for the development of science strategies to address these prioritized needs.
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