Using Downhole Probes to Locate and Characterize Buried Transuranic and Mixed Low Level Waste

Steinman, Donald K ; Bramblett, Richard L ; Hertzog, Russel C

关键词: pulsed neutron generators;    borehole logging;    probes;    neutron activation;    prompt fission;    transuranic;    mixed low level waste;    chlorine;    volatile organic compounds;    subsurface disposal;    contamination;    Weapons Complex;    capture gamma rays;    inelastic gamma rays;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1043915
RP-ID  :  Final STTR Report
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1043915

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Borehole logging probes were developed and tested to locate and quantify transuranic elements in subsurface disposal areas and in contaminated sites at USDOE Weapons Complex sites. A new method of measuring very high levels of chlroine in the subsurface was developed using pulsed neutron technology from oilfield applications. The probes were demonstrated at the Hanford site in wells containing plutonium and other contaminants.