Evaluation of Xenon Gas Detection as a Means for Identifying Buried Transuranic Waste at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex, Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory

Dresel, P Evan ; Waichler, Scott R.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Alpha-Bearing Wastes;    Soils;    Wastes;    Fission Products;    Detection;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15010628
RP-ID  :  PNNL-14617
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  15010628

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Xenon is produced as a fission product in nuclear reactors and through spontaneous fission of some transuranic (TRU) isotopes. Xenon gas is nearly inert and will be released from buried TRU waste. This document describes and evaluates the potential for analyzing xenon isotopes in soil gas to detect TRU waste in the subsurface at the Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory's Radioactive Waste Management Complex.