A review of literature pertaining to the leaching and sorption of radionuclides associated with nuclear explosive melt glasses

Abstract

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Nevada Test Site Environmental Report 2009

“…The isotopic inventory remaining from nuclear testing is presented in the 1996 environmental impact statement for NTS activities (DOE, 1996) and in a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) document (Bowen et al, 2001). Many of the radioactive species generated from subsurface testing have very short half-lives, sorb strongly onto the solid phase, or are bound into what is termed "melt glass" and are not available for groundwater transport in the near term (Smith, 1993;Smith et al, 1995). Tritium ( 3 H) is the radioactive species created in the greatest quantities and is widely believed to be the most mobile.…”

Nevada Test Site Environmental Report 2007

“…The isotopic inventory remaining from nuclear testing is presented in the most recent environmental impact statement for NTS activities (DOE, 1996a) and in a recent Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) document (Bowen et al, 2001). Many of the radioactive species generated from subsurface testing have very short half-lives, sorb strongly onto the solid phase, or are bound into what is termed "melt glass" and are not available for groundwater transport in the near term (Smith, 1993;Smith et al, 1995). Tritium ( 3 H) is the radioactive species created in the greatest quantities and is widely believed to be the most mobile.…”

Nevada Test Site Environmental Report 2003

“…The isotopic inventory remaining from nuclear testing is presented in the most recent environmental impact statement for NTS activities (DOE, 1996c) and a recent Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) document (Smith, 2001). Many of the radioactive species generated from subsurface testing have very short half-lives, sorb strongly onto the solid phase or are bound into what is termed "melt glass" and are not available for groundwater transport in the near term (Smith, 1993;Smith et al, 1995). Tritium ( 3 H) is the radioactive species created in the greatest quantities and is widely believed to be one of the most mobile.…”