Ground disposal of reactor coolant effluent

Abstract

PRELIAflA'AH Y RI.,'IJOHT This report contains informotion of o preliminory noture prepored in the course of work under Atomic Energy Commission Controct AT(45-1)-1830. This infornlcticn is subject to correction or modificotion upon the collection ond evoluotion of odditionol doto.

100-D Area technical baseline report

“…• In 1967, a field test was conducted in which the entire effluent volume of the IO0-D Reactor was released to the 116-D-I trench for a period of 4 months (Eliason and Hajek 1967).…”

“…by Stenner et al (1988). An additional estimated 102,240,000 gal/day for a period of four months was discharged to this trench (Eliason and Hajek 1967).…”

“…Effluent volume discharged to this trench was much greater than estimated by Stenner et al (1988). An additional estimated 102 240 000 gal/day was discharged to this trench for a period of four months ( Eliason and Hajek 1967).…”

Ground-water contribution to dose from past Hanford Operations

“…Other tests performed before ground disposal of wastes included a 4-month field test designed to determine the infiltration rate of reactor coolant 4.1G effluent disposed to the ground in an existing trench at the 100-D Area (Eliason and Hajek 1967). The field test included measurements of water elevations, temperature, and radionuclide concentrations in ground-water monitoring wells and river-bank springs near the crib.…”